Question

Ramya Say the length of tangent of a circle with Centre 0 from a point P which is outside of the circle is always less than "op".do u agree ?give reason​

Answer 1

Take a point q on the circle

Then oq is the radius

Op is the other line from the center o

The line between q and p touching the bade of the circle is tangent

Therefore it forms a right angled triangle right angled at q because where the tangent and radius of the circle meet there it forms 90°

According to the Pythagoras theorm

As the op is hypotenuse it is longer than tangent