Circle and Line
Circle and Line: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Tangent: Special Case of Secant, Interaction between a Line and a Circle, Secant of a Circle, Tangent to a Circle, Parallel Tangents to a Circle, Point of Contact of a Tangent to a Circle, Normal to a Circle, etc.
Important Questions on Circle and Line
P, Q, R are three point on a circle centre O, XT tangents touch circle at P. If the then find the ?

In the given figure, tangents are drawn to a circle such that . A chord is drawn parallel to . Find the .

Let be a circumscribed (or tangential) quadrilateral. Prove that the circles in the two triangles and are tangent to each other.

Draw a tangent at any point on the circle having radius units

The tangent to a circle is a special case of the secant when the two endpoints of corresponding chord coincide

The tangent to a circle is a special case of the secant.

The distance between two parallel tangents to a circle of radius is _____ .

The number of tangents that can be drawn to a circle from a point inside the circle is _____. (Write the answer in words)

The distance of a point lying outside of a circle from the centre of that circle is . If the length of the tangent of the circle drawn from is , then find the diameter (in cm) of the circle.

In the figure, if and , then the perimeter of the triangle is _____.

How many tangents can you draw to a circle from a point outside the circle at a fixed distance?

In the given figure and are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre and another tangent with point of contact intersecting at and at . Then _____.

A straight line which passes through two points on a circle is

The number of tangents to a circle drawn from a point outside the circle is:

A straight line passing through a point on a circle is

How many tangents can be constructed from a point inside the circle?


The tangent to a circle is a special case of the secant, when the two end points of its corresponding chord coincide.

In the given figure, is the centre of the circle and and . If the radius of the circle is , then find the value of .

The radius of a circle is . If the length of a tangent drawn to this circle from a point at a distance of from its centre is , then find the value of .
