Question

Draw the two tangent from a point 7 cm away from the centre of the circle with radius 4cm

Answer 1

$\textbf{Steps of Construction }$:

1. Draw a circle of radius 4cm with centre O.

2. A point P was marked outside the circle such that, OP = 7cm.

3. P to O was joined.

4. Perpendicular bisector of PO was found to be M.

5. With MO as radius and M as center a circle was drawn touching the previous drawn circle.

6. Point of intersections of two circles were marked to be Q and R respectively.

7. P was joined to Q and R respectively.

Therefore, required tangents will be PQ and PR.

$\textbf{Construction is in Attachment! }$

Answer 2

Answer:

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