Math, asked by rpoonia443, 1 year ago

Find the length of the tangent from a point M which is at a distance of 17 cm from the centre O of the circle of radius 8 cm.

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Answered by Draxillus
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rpoonia443: Thanx
sunitaagrawal09babu: Ur ans is wrong
sunitaagrawal09babu: And u have written OB instead of AB
sunitaagrawal09babu: Tangent is AB
sunitaagrawal09babu: Not OB or BM
Draxillus: sorry,pls consider it
Draxillus: pls
sunitaagrawal09babu: Ok
sunitaagrawal09babu: But remember from A to B is tangent not from B to M
sunitaagrawal09babu: Don't worry
Answered by sunitaagrawal09babu
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Since we know that radius is perpendicular to tangent.
Tangent=√17²-8²=√289-64=√225=15
So tangent is 15 cm
Hope it helps

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