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Tangent as a Special Case of Secant

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From the figure, name

(a) Tangents drawn from A to circle C₁.

(b) Tangents drawn from A to circle C₂.

(c) Tangents drawn from B to circles C₁ and C₂.

(d) Sets of equal tangents.

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Solution

The given figure is:

(a) From the figure, it is clear that there is only one tangent AD drawn to circle C₁ from point A.

(b) There are two tangents AC and AG to circle C₂ from point A

(c) There are two tangents BF and BE to circle C₁ from point B and only one tangent BG to circle C₂ from point B.

(d) BF and BE are equal tangents. AC and AG are equal tangents as well.

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