Property of a tangent

Summary With the help of this activity, we have learnt that:  A line passing through the any point on the circumference of a circle and making an angle α with its radius (passing through the same point) will be a tangent if angle α=90˚.  A tangent at any point on the circumference of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through its point of contact.

 

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Tipo de Material
Atividade
Palavras-chaves
exploration  property  tangent  tangent-line 
Grupo alvo (idade)
15 – 18
Idioma
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
Licença
CC-BY-SA, GeoGebra Terms of Use
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