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Tangents and Radii of Circles

Suppose C is a circle with center O and that P is any point on the circle. Then the line L tangent to C at P is perpendicular to the radius tex2html_wrap_inline551 .

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Carl Lee
Wed Apr 21 08:17:28 EDT 1999