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Find the length of tangent from an external point whose distance from the centre of a circle of diameter 16 cm is 17.​

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Answered by pushpendra48756
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Answer:

15 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

radius =8 cm

OP=17 cm

let length of tangent be d from point P

it is right angeld triangle

by Pythagoras theorem

 {17}^{2}  =  {8}^{2}  +  {d}^{2}  \\ d = 15 \: cm

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