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Question
Complete the following activity to draw a tangent to a circle at a point on the circle.
Draw a circle of radius 2.2 cm with O as centre.
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Take any point P on the circle and draw ray OP.
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Draw a perpendicular line to the ray at point P.
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Name the perpendilcular line as l
l is the tangent at point P.
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