Question

Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take a point at
a distance of 5.5 cm from the centre of the
circle and from the point P, draw two
tangents to the circle.​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to construct the required tangents, we follow the following steps:

Steps I: Take a point O in the plane of the paper and draw a circle of radius 3 cm

Steps II: Mark a point P at a distance of 5.5 cm from the centre O and join OP.

Steps III: Draw the right bisector of OP, intersecting OP at Q.

Steps IV: Taking Q as centre and OQ=PQ as radius, draw a circle to intersect the given circle at T and T

′

Steps V: Join PT and PT

′

to get the required tangents