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    The document describes a lab activity to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. The procedure involves drawing a circle on cardboard, finding tangents that touch the circle at different points, and using a triangle formed by the tangents to show that the radius is the shortest segment from the center to the point of contact, proving it is perpendicular to the tangent. Measurements are then taken to demonstrate this relationship experimentally. The result can be used to prove other geometric properties.

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    The document describes a lab activity to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. The procedure involves drawing a circle on cardboard, finding tangents that touch the circle at different points, and using a triangle formed by the tangents to show that the radius is the shortest segment from the center to the point of contact, proving it is perpendicular to the tangent. Measurements are then taken to demonstrate this relationship experimentally. The result can be used to prove other geometric properties.

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    The document describes a lab activity to experimentally verify that the tangent to a circle at any point is perpendicular to the radius through that point. The procedure involves drawing a circle on cardboard, finding tangents that touch the circle at different points, and using a triangle formed by the tangents to show that the radius is the shortest segment from the center to the point of contact, proving it is perpendicular to the tangent. Measurements are then taken to demonstrate this relationship experimentally. The result can be used to prove other geometric properties.

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    DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, GURGAON

    MATH VIRTUAL LAB


    GRADE X
    LAB ACTIVITY:8

    ACTIVITY-8

    AIM:
    To verify experimentally that the tangent at any point to a
    circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of
    contact.

    MATERIALS REQUIRED: Coloured chart paper,


    adhesive, scissors/cutter, geometry box, cardboard

    PROCEDURE:

    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

    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

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