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Riya is drawing diagrams in her geometry notebook. She marks a point P inside a circle, a point Q on the circle, and a point R outside the circle.
For each point she tries to draw all possible tangents to the circle.
What is the TOTAL number of tangents she can draw counting all three points together?

Class 10Number of Tangents from a PointGeometry
  • A1
  • B2
  • C3
  • D4

Step-by-Step Solution

Inside point P gives 0 tangents, point Q on the circle gives 1, external point R gives 2. Total = 0 + 1 + 2 = 3.
Answer: C) 3

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