Question

secant and tangent ​

Answer 1

tangent:

In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point. Leibniz defined it as the line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve.

1.secant:

MATHEMATICS

the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.

2.

GEOMETRY

a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Secant :- A line which intersects a circle at two points is called a secant of the circle.

Tangent :- A line which touches a circle or ellipse at just one point.