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Drawing Tangents to a Circle from a Point on the Circle

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The angle between the tangent and the line joining the point of contact of the tangent to the centre of the circle is ________.

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0 degrees

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45 degrees

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C

90 degrees

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180 degrees

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Solution

The correct option is C 90 degrees

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