Question

A tangent and a secant is drawn from an external point P of circle O with radius 4.5 units. The secant passes through the center of the circle at point O. If the tangent segment has length 2 more than the external segment of the secant, what is the length of the tangent segment?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Given legth of PQ=8cm

length of OQ = 6cm

PQ is tangent

therefore ∠OQP=90

so by apply pythoguras theorem

we can find $OP$$$

OP

2

=OQ

2

+PQ

2

OP

2

=6

2

+8

2

OP=10cm

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