Concept review · Circles · 3 questions

Exercise 10.1 (Circles)

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Q1 TYPE IN THE ANSWER

How many tangents can a circle have?

Q2 TYPE IN THE ANSWER

Fill in the blanks :

(i) A tangent to a circle intersects it in ____ point (s).

(ii) A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a ____.

(iii) A circle can have ____ parallel tangents at the most.

(iv) The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called ____.
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Q3 MULTIPLE CHOICE

A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is :