NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 10
Important NCERT Questions
Circles
NCERT Books for Session 2022-2023
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EXERCISE 10.2
Page No:214
Questions No:4
Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.
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Let AB is diameter, PQ and RS are tangents drawn at ends of diameter.
We Know that the radius is perpendicular to tangent. therefore, OP ⊥PQ.
∠OAR = 90° and OAS = 90°
∠OBP = 90° and ∠OBQ = 90°
From the above, we have
∠OAR = ∠OBQ [Alternate angles]
∠OAS = ∠OBP [Alternate angles]
Since, alternate angles are equal. Hence, PQ is parallel to PS.