Question

find the length of the tangent drawn to a circle of radius 8 cm from a point which is a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the circle.​

Answer 1

Answer:

6cm

Step-by-step explanation:

as a tangent is perpendicular to the radius at the point of touch,so 10cm is hypoteneus and 8cm is one side of a rt angled triangle,so by pythagorus theorem ,length of tangent is sq root of (10)sq _(8)sq