Question

How many tangents can be drawn to a circle from a point outside the circle?

• A. $1$
• B. $2$
• C. $3$
• D. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is B

$2$

Only two tangents can be drawn to a circle from a point outside the circle as shown in the figure below:

$P$ is a point outside the circle and only two tangents, $PA$ and $PB$ can be drawn to the circle from $P$