Practice Number Of Tangents From A Point On A Circle (10.3) - CIRCLES

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Question 1.
Can a tangent be drawn from a point inside a circle?
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Think about the definition of a tangent.
Question 2.
How many tangents can be drawn from a point on the circumference?
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Consider what happens when you touch the circle at that point.
3Question 3.
How many tangents can be drawn from a point inside a circle?
- 0
- 1
- 2
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Recall the definition of a tangent.
4Question 4.
When a point is externally located to a circle, how many tangents can be drawn?
- True
- False
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Think about what happens at the points of contact.
Question 5.
From a point P that is 10 cm away from the center of a circle with a radius of 6 cm, determine the lengths of the tangents drawn from point P.
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Utilize the Pythagorean theorem.
Question 6.
Prove that the distance from a point to its tangents from a circle decreases as the point moves inward from the outside toward the perimeter.
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Graphically depict the movement to visualize this change.

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