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State true or false. Tangent to a circle makes an angle of 45 with the radius at the point of contact.

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True
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Solution

The correct option is B False


Tangent is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact. Hence, the radius makes an angle of 90 with the tangent and not 45.

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