Find the length of tangent to a cicle from a point at a
distance of 5 cm from centre of the circle of radius 3cm
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answer is 4. is required
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Point is 4 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
⇉Given PQ Is a Tangent to circle intersect at Q.OP=5cm and OQ=3cm...
⇉To find PQ
⇉Proof:
⇉In rt.triangle OQP,by pythagoras theorum:
⇉PQ=OP²-OQ²
⇉5²-3²
⇉25-9
⇉16
⇉4cm
therefore length of tangent from point is 4cm
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