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When two tangents of a circle intersect outside a circle, the segments between the point of intersection and the point of tangency on each tangent are called tangent segments True False

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Let us begin by describing a tangent segment

A tangent segment is a segment with one endpoint at the point of tangency and its other endpoint somewhere on the tangent line.

Let us picture the description in the question

Answer: True

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