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eviant:

Determine whether a tangent line is shown in this figure. https://dlap.gradpoint.com/Resz/~0.gB1t7fRFH30yUA6.70Z5J8VbyUWqPcjxQDDPB19OGOzOhidMY-hn2h7UblY/7234256,EF/Assets/questions/quiz/geometry/geotanln/geotanln-f-7.png

eviant:

@Narad no?

Narad:

A tangent is a line which touches the circumference at one point and is perpendicular to the radius. Use Pythagoras to determine if a triangle is right angled triangle.

eviant:

@Vocaloid

eviant:

the sum of 8^2+6^2 is 100

eviant:

so, it is a right triangle? (since 10^2=100)

eviant:

@Narad you there?

Narad:

Do you have a tangent?

eviant:

I think so...the dot inside the circle is tangent?

Narad:

The line of length 8 units is tangent to the circle.

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