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Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.



Answer -

Steps of construction :
(i) Draw a circle with O centre and 6 cm radius.
(ii) Take a point P, 10 cm away from the centre O.
(iii) Join PO and bisect it at M.
(iv) With centre M and diameter PO, draw a circle intersecting the given circle at T and S.
(v) Join PT and PS.
Then PT and PS are the required tangents.

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