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Construction of Tangents to a Circle from a Point outside the Circle

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The number of tangents that can be drawn from an external point to a circle is [CBSE 2011, 12]
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4

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Solution

We can draw only two tangents from an external point to a circle.

Hence, the correct answer is option (b)

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