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Tangent Theorems for 8th Grade Math

1. The document is a mathematics worksheet on tangent theorems for an 8th grade class. It contains instructions to plot circles and tangents, identify angles and segments, and state four theorems about tangents drawn from an exterior point to a circle. 2. The four theorems are: (1) an exterior point is equidistant from the two points of tangency; (2) the line joining the exterior point and circle center bisects the angle between tangents; (3) this line bisects the central angle intercepted by the tangents; and (4) this line is the perpendicular bisector of the chord between points of tangency and the line of symmetry. 3.

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Tangent Theorems for 8th Grade Math

1. The document is a mathematics worksheet on tangent theorems for an 8th grade class. It contains instructions to plot circles and tangents, identify angles and segments, and state four theorems about tangents drawn from an exterior point to a circle. 2. The four theorems are: (1) an exterior point is equidistant from the two points of tangency; (2) the line joining the exterior point and circle center bisects the angle between tangents; (3) this line bisects the central angle intercepted by the tangents; and (4) this line is the perpendicular bisector of the chord between points of tangency and the line of symmetry. 3.

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Lycée Des Arts Mathematics 8th-Grade

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Name: . . . . . . . " The Four Tangent Theorems" A.S-13.
Tangents to a circle through an exterior point

Let C  be a circle of center O and radius r cm , where A is any point in the plane.
1- How many tangents can be drawn from a point A :
a) Inside the circle? ……………………… c) Outside the circle? ……………………….
b) On the circle? ………………………….
2- Let T  be the tangent at a point A on the circle C  of center O .
a. What is the value of the angle formed by the straight
line T  and the radius OA? ……………………………….
b. Construct T 
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
3- Let A & B be the points of intersection of the circles sO,3cm  & nO' , OO'  4cm  .
a. Trace the circles and plot the points A & B .
b. Plot P the symmetric of O with respect to O' .
c. What do the angles PAˆ O & PBˆ O represent?
……………………………………………….
d. Deduce the measure of PAˆ O & PBˆ O .
……………………………………………….
……………………………………………….
4- Consider the circle  O,3cm  and the point A so that OA  5cm
a. Devise a method to trace the tangents T1  & T2  from A to   at R & N respectively.
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b. What does each of the following represent:
i. RAˆ N : …………………………………...........
ii. ROˆ N :…………………………………............
iii. RN :………………………………….............
c. Prove that: [ AO) is the bisector of RAˆ N : …………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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d. Deduce that OA is the bisector of ROˆ N : …………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
e. What is the relative position of OA with respect to RN ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
8th Grade, Sec. B & C Mathematics A.S-13. Tangent Theorems Page 1 of 2
If (AR) & (AN) are two tangents drawn from a point A to a circle (C) of center O at R & N resp.
Then,
1. A is equidistant from the two points of tangencies R & N

Or, AR = AN.

2. Line joining point of intersection of the two tangents and center of (C) bisects:
a. The angle formed by the two tangents"[AR) & [AN)".

ˆ .
Or, [AO) is the bisector of the angle RAN

b. The central angle intercepting the arc formed by the two points of tangencies.

ˆ .
Or, [OA) is the bisector of the angle RON

3. Line joining point of intersection of the two tangents and center of (C) is the
perpendicular bisector of the chord joining points of tangencies.

Or, (OA) is the  bisector of [ RN ]

4. Line joining point of intersection of the two tangents and center of (C) is the axis of
symmetry of the figure formed by (C) and the two tangents.

8th Grade, Sec. B & C Mathematics A.S-13. Tangent Theorems Page 2 of 2

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