The perpendicular at the point of contact to the tangent to a circle does not pass through the centre.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Perpendicular at point of contact to tangent passes through the center and this line is called as the normal of the circle. Also $S_{t} \times S_{n} = - 1$
where $S_{t} = s l o p e o f t a n g e n t a n d S_{n} = s l o p e o f n o r m a l$

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