Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 6 - Review Exercises - Page 307: 36a

Answer

The tangent is in pencil and is marked as line l.

Work Step by Step

First, draw the circle and the secant described in the problem statement. Next, recalling that a tangent line has the same slope at the circle at the point it intersects the circle, draw the tangent line through point B.
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