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O is the center of circle.AB and AC are tangent drawn from A and BA perpendicular to AC. Prove that BACOis a square.

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Given: O is the centre. Now,
BAC=90
AB=AC(Tangents drawn from a point onto the circle will be equal in length)
OB=OC (radius)
ABO=ACO=90 (radius is perpendicular to the tangent at the point of contact)
OBAC (Two lines perpendicular to the same line are parallel to each other).
AB=OC (The distance between two parallel lines in a direction perpendicular to both the lines is constant)
AB=AC=OC=OB
All sides are equal in length
All angles measure 90
Hence it is a square.


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