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Determine whether line segment FG is tangent to circle E. True or False

Determine whether line segment FG is tangent to circle E. True or False
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Determine whether line segment FG is tangent to circle E.

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Determine whether line segment FG is tangent to circle E. True or False-example-1
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The tangent line to a circle makes an angle of 90 degrees with the radius.
If |FG| is tangent to circle E. then
30^2 = 26^2 + 17^2
which is not true.
Therefore, line segment FG is not tangent to circle E.
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