Q.

Is the following statement true or false?


The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is known as the point of contact.


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a

True

b

False 

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Given a statement, the common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is known as the point of contact.
The point of contact is the common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle.
A special case of the secant is the tangent to a circle when the two end points of its corresponding chord coincide.
The tangent is said to touch the circle at a common point.
The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is known as the point of contact.
Thus, the given statement is true.
Therefore the correct option is 1.
 
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