Question

What angle is created by a tangent line and the radius of a circle at the point of tangency

Answer 1

Right angle.The angle between the tangent and radius is 90° A tangent to a circle is a line which just touches the circle.

Answer 2

Right angles is created by tangent line and radius of circle.

Explanation:

A line that cuts a circle at only one point is known as tangent and the point where it cuts the circle is known as point of tangency.

Point of tangency is on tangent and circle both.

So, line from center to point of tangency is radius which is smaller than all other lines from center to point on tangent.

⇒ tangent is always perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point of tangency.

Therefore, Right angles is created by tangent line and radius of circle.