Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Circles · medium
Find the length of the tangent drawn from the point (6,8) to the circle x2+y2=36.
- 10
- 8
- 64
- 6
Answer
B. 8
Solution
t=sqrt(x12+y12-r2)=sqrt(36+64-36)=sqrt(64)=8.
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