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PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!! 20pts

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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PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!! 20pts Given: Circle P with a point O outside of the circle. How-example-1
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Answer:

I think its 2

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User Simone Pessotto
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The best way to determine how many tangent lines can be created is to actually draw the circle and point itself. Given circle and a point outside, extend lines going from the point to the circle where the line is tangent to the circle. From this, we can get only 2 tangent lines, nothing more. (See attached)

Answer:

2

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