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Its given in answer key that statement 2 is true. How? Give example.
Q.2. The angle between two tangents to a circle may be 0°.

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Yes. The tangents would both touch the circle in the same point (therefore overlapping on each other), or they would touch the circle at diametrally opposing points (they would be parallel with one another). Two parallel lines, overlapping or not, have an angle of zero.

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