Constructing a Tangent to a Circle
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- Choose a point . Using your protractor, draw a circle with as the center at the desired radius.
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- Choose a point on the circle boundary and draw a line through and . Call the line .
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- Construct a normal to through the point . Name the normal . This is the tangent to the circle at the point .
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