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Draw two tangents to a circle of radius 3.5 cm from a point P

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Draw two tangents to a circle of radius $3.5$ cm from a point $P$ at a distance of $6.2$ cm from its centre.

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Draw two tangents to a circle of radius

3.5

cm from a point

P

at a distance of

6.2

cm from its centre.

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Steps of Construction :

1. Draw a circle of radius

3.5

cm from centre point

O

2. Set a point

P

which is located at distance

6.2

cm from point

O

. Join

OP

3. Draw a perpendicular bisector of

OP

which cuts

OP

at point

Q

4. Now, considering

Q

as a centre and equal radius

(OQ = PQ)

.Draw a circle.

5. Both circles intersect at points

A

and

B

6. Join

P A

PB

Therefore,

A P

and

BP

are the required tangents.

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Question Text	Draw two tangents to a circle of radius $3.5$ cm from a point $P$ at a distance of $6.2$ cm from its centre.
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Draw two tangents to a circle of radius 3.5 cm from a point P at a distance of 6.2 cm from its centre.

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