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Areas Related to Circles
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Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. From a point 5 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle.

Answer

Steps of Construction :

(i) Construct a circle C1 (say) of radius 3 cm.
(ii)    P is a point 5 cm away from the centre of circle C1.
(iii)    Join OP.
(iv)    Draw ⊥ bisector of OP which intersects OP at M.

(v)    Taking M as centre and OM as radius draw a circle which intersects the circle C1at A and B.
(vi)    Join PA and PB
(vii)    On, measuring we find PA = PB = 4 cm. Thus PA and PB are the required tangents.

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