Hi Friends and Champs!
Before proceeding with the next exercise, we need to understand some basic points of Circle.
- Circle is a collection of points, which are at equidistant from a fixed point.
- Tangent to a circle, is a straight line, which touch the circle at exactly only one point.
- A point on the circle can have a maximum of only one tangent.
- A straight line which intersects a circle at exactly two points called secant, which coincide the chord from the same intersected points.
- The word tangent taken from the latin word tangere which means to touch.
- Common point of a circle and a tangent is called point of contact.
- A tangent is always perpendicular to the radius of the circle passes thru the point of contact and center of the circle.
In the above figure PQ is a tangent of a circle centre at "O" with radius R and point of contact of circle and tangent PQ is "C".
Exercise - 10.1
1. How many tangents can a circle have? Solution:
A circle is a collection of infinitely many points, hence a circle may have infinitely many tangents.
2. Fill in the blanks :
(i) A tangent to a circle intersects it in
point (s). Only one
(ii) A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a secant
(iii) A circle can have
parallel tangents at the most. exactly two at opposite circle points.
(iv) The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called
.point of contact .
3. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at
a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is :
(A) 12 cm
(B) 13 cm
(C) 8.5 cm (D) √119 cm.
Solution:
PO = 5 cm (given)
since PQ is a tangent, therefore PQ ⊥ PO and so <P is a right angle , therefore
OQ2=PO2+PQ2
122=52+PQ2
144 = 25 +PQ2
144 = 25 +PQ2
PQ2= 119
PQ = √119 cm Ans.
4. Draw a circle and two lines parallel to a given line such that one is a tangent and the
other, a secant to the circle.
Solution:
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