Question
Write the step of construct the tangents to a circle from an external point.
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Answer
Steps of construction:
- Take given circle and a point P outside the circle. O is centre of the circle.
- Joint OP.
- Bisect OP and get its mid-point M.
- Draw circle with centre M and radius = PM = MO.
- Circle drawn meets the given circle at Q above PO and at Q’ below PO.
- Join PQ and PQ’.
- PQ and PQ’ are the required tangents drawn to the circle from the point P.
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