
The picture shows a triangle formed by three tangents to a circle.

Calculate the length of each tangent from the corner of the triangle to the point of contact.


Important Questions on Tangents
In the picture, two circles touch at a point, and the common tangent at this point is drawn.
Prove that this tangent bisects another common tangent of these circles.

In the picture, two circles touch at a point, and the common tangent at this point is drawn.
Prove that the points of contact of these two tangents form the vertices of a right triangle.

In the picture, two circles touch at a point, and the common tangent at this point is drawn.
What is special about the quadrilateral formed by joining the points of contact of the circles?

In the picture below, is a diameter and is a point on extended. A tangent from touches the circle at . What is the radius of the circle?

In the first picture below, the line joining two points on a circle is extended by centimetres and a tangent is drawn from this point. Its length is centimetres, as shown:
The second picture shows the same line extended by centimetre more and a tangent drawn from this point. What is the length of this tangent?



Draw an equilateral triangle and a semicircle touching its two sides, as in the picture.
