A circle is drawn. Two points are marked outside the circle such that only 3 tangents can be drawn to the circle using these two points.

Which of the following is true based on the above information?

(A) All 3 tangents are equal in length.

(B) Both the points lie on one of the tangents.

(C) The tangents and the circle have two common points in total.

(D) (such a situation is not possible as with 2 points, there will be 4 tangents to the circle)

 

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A circle is drawn. Two points are marked outside the circle such that only 3 tangents can be drawn to the circle using these two points. Which of the following is true based on the above information? (A) All 3 tangents are equal in length. (B) Both the points lie on one of the tangents. (C) The tangents and the circle have two common points in total. (D) (such a situation is not possible as with 2 points, there will be 4 tangents to the circle)

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Davneet Singh has done his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been teaching from the past 14 years. He provides courses for Maths, Science and Computer Science at Teachoo