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How many tangents to the circle can be constructed through point P?

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Assuming it looks like this, here's your answer. For future reference of course.

How many tangents to the circle can be constructed through point P?-example-1
User Aaronofleonard
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Answer:

Two tangents.

Explanation:

A circle is given and we have to draw the tangents on the circle from an external point P. By the definition we can draw only two tangents on a circle from an external point P and no tangent can be drawn form a point within the circle.

Therefore answer is two.

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