Question

what is tangent?

Answer 1

well its a flat approximation of a curve

Answer 2

what does that mean like in easy words

Answer 3

tangent is something that is touch at least one point
so when a line is tangent to a curve the line is touch at the curve at only 1 point

Answer 4

so a tangent could be any where in a cirlce as long as it is line touching one point like here

Answer 5

it touches the the curve at a point and also approximates it in form of a line

Answer 6

yep only one point!!

Answer 7

Just to ask, is this the tangent of a curve you are interested in, or tangent in trigonometry? The answer to the question depends on where in math it is being used.