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Given: circle P with a point O outside of the circle. How many tangent lines can be drawn from point O to the circle P?

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The answer is 2

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The answer is two tangent lines. See the attached photo.

A tangent line is a line that touches the circle at only one point. Given a point outside of the circle, a tangent line can be drawn on either side on the circle.
Given: circle P with a point O outside of the circle. How many tangent lines can be-example-1
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