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prove that"the tangent at any point of a circle is prependicular to the radius through the point of contact".​

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Answer:

Referring to the figure:

OA=OC (Radii of circle)

Now OB=OC+BC

∴OB>OC    (OC being RADIUS and B any point on TANGENT)

⇒OA

B is an arbitrary point on the tangent. 

Thus, OA is shorter than any other LINE segment joining O to any 

point on tangent.

Shortest distance of a point from a given line is the perpendicular distance from that line.

Hence, the tangent at any point of circle is perpendicular to the radius.



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