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    1. The objective of the activity is to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. 2. A circle is drawn on paper and cut out, then pasted onto cardboard. Points are marked on the circle and creases are made through the points forming tangents. 3. Triangles are formed by the intersections of the creases, with the circle forming the incircle of one triangle. Measurements are taken to show that the radius is the shortest distance and therefore perpendicular to the tangent.

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    1. The objective of the activity is to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. 2. A circle is drawn on paper and cut out, then pasted onto cardboard. Points are marked on the circle and creases are made through the points forming tangents. 3. Triangles are formed by the intersections of the creases, with the circle forming the incircle of one triangle. Measurements are taken to show that the radius is the shortest distance and therefore perpendicular to the tangent.

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    1. The objective of the activity is to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. 2. A circle is drawn on paper and cut out, then pasted onto cardboard. Points are marked on the circle and creases are made through the points forming tangents. 3. Triangles are formed by the intersections of the creases, with the circle forming the incircle of one triangle. Measurements are taken to show that the radius is the shortest distance and therefore perpendicular to the tangent.

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    1. The objective of the activity is to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. 2. A circle is drawn on paper and cut out, then pasted onto cardboard. Points are marked on the circle and creases are made through the points forming tangents. 3. Triangles are formed by the intersections of the creases, with the circle forming the incircle of one triangle. Measurements are taken to show that the radius is the shortest distance and therefore perpendicular to the tangent.

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    Activity 22

    OBJECTIVE MATERIAL REQUIRED


    To verify experimentally that the Coloured chart paper, adhesive,
    tangent at any point to a circle is scissors/cutter, geometry box,
    perpendicular to the radius through cardboard.
    that point.

    METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    1. Take a coloured chart paper of a convenient size and draw a circle of a suitable
    radius on it. Cut out this circle and paste it on a cardboard.
    2. Take points P, Q and R on the circle [see Fig. 1].
    3. Through the points P, Q and R form a number of creases and select those
    which touch the circle. These creases will be tangents to the circle.

    Fig. 1
    Mathematics 153

    14/04/18
    4. Let the creases intersect at the points A, B and C forming a ∆ABC ( creases
    has been shown by dotted lines)
    5. The circle now can be taken as incircle of ∆ABC with O as its centre. Join
    OP, OQ and OR.
    6. Take points P1 and P2 on the crease BC.

    DEMONSTRATION
    Take triangles POP1 and POP2
    Clearly OP1 > OP, OP2 > OP.
    In fact, OP is less than any other line segment joining O to any point on BC
    other than P, i.e., OP is the shortest of all these.
    Therefore, OP ⊥ BC.
    Hence, tangent to the circle at a point is perpendicular to the radius through that
    point.
    Similarly, it can be shown that OQ ⊥ AC and OR ⊥ AB.

    OBSERVATION
    By actual measurement:
    OP = .............., OQ =.............., OR = ..............
    OP1 = .............., OP2 =..............
    OP < OP1, OP ........... OP2
    Therefore, OP ..... BC
    Thus, the tangent is .............. to the radius through the point of contact.

    APPLICATION
    This result can be used in proving various other results of geometry.

    154 Laboratory Manual

    14/04/18

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