58.9k views
0 votes
ITS MULTIPLE CHOICE PLS HELP Determine whether QR is tangent to the circle. Justify your answer.

ITS MULTIPLE CHOICE PLS HELP Determine whether QR is tangent to the circle. Justify-example-1
User ThePiachu
by
4.1k points

1 Answer

7 votes

Answer:

(A)

Explanation:

The line QR is tangent at point R if it is perpendicular or makes a right angle to line PR. If so, then the Pythagorean theorem can be applied. And it turns out that indeed the aquarebof the length of line QP is equal to the sum of the squares of QR and PR.

User XpertSiji
by
3.9k points