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The number of tangents that can be drawn from a point outside a circle is ____.


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1

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2

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0

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3

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Solution

The correct option is B

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From any point outside a circle, we can draw two tangents.

When a point is inside the circle, no tangent can be drawn and when the point on the circle, only one tangent can be drawn through that point.


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