geometry honors section 9.2 tangents to circles
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Geometry Honors Section 9.2 Tangents to Circles. A line in the plane of a circle may or may not intersect the circle. There are 3 possibilities. A * secant to a circle is a line which intersects the circle in two points. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geometry Honors Section 9.2
Tangents to Circles
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A line in the plane of a circle may or may not intersect the circle.
There are 3 possibilities.
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A *secant to a circle is a line which intersects the circle in two points.
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A line in the plane of a circle may or may not intersect the circle. There are 3 possibilities.
A
B
chord a is AB
secant a is AB
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A *tangent to a circle is a line, in the plane of the circle, that intersects the circle in exactly one point.
This point of intersection is known as the _______________point of tangency.
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Tangent TheoremIf a line is tangent to a circle, then
it is perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point of tangency.
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A segment is tangent to a circle if the segment is part of a tangent line and one endpoint is the point of tangency.
segment
tangenta is AB
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Tangent Segments Theorem
If two segments are tangent to a circle from the same exterior point,
then the tangent segments are congruent.
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