Question

what is the difference between tangent and secant.

Answer 1

TANGENT :-

tangent touches only one point of a circle and always passes through the circumference making an angle of 90 with radius drawn at that point

SECANT :-

it passes through the circle and touches the circle in 2 points .

Answer 2

The major difference between a tangent and a secant is that a tangent intersects one point and a secant intersects more than two points.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

tangent and secant of a circle

To find:

difference between the two segments

Solution:

Tangents and Secants are segments that are drawn from the outside of a circle.

However, the major difference between both the segments is that a tangent touches or intersects only one point of a circle.

And a secant intersects two points or touches two points of a circle.

But both these segments are drawn from the outside of a circle, and hence create confusion.

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