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Lesson 10-5: Tangents. Geometry CP Mrs. Mongold. Tangent: a line that shares only one point with a circle and is perpendicular to the radius or diameter at that point. Point of tangency: the point that a tangent shares with a circle
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Lesson 10-5: Tangents Geometry CP Mrs. Mongold
Tangent: a line that shares only one point with a circle and is perpendicular to the radius or diameter at that point. • Point of tangency: the point that a tangent shares with a circle • Two lines that are tangent to the same circle and meet at a point, are congruent from that point to the points of tangency
Lines AC and AF are tangent to circle X at points B and E respectively -B and E are points of tangency C F E B A
Radius XB is perpendicular to tangent AC at the point of tangency C F E B A
AE and AB are congruent because they are tangent to the same circle from the same point E B A