
Shown below is a circle with centre O and radius 5 units. PM and PN are tangents and the length of chord MN is 6 units.

Find the length of (PM + PN). Show your work.


Important Questions on Circles
In the figure given below, PA is a tangent to the circle with centre O and PCB is a straight line.
Find the measure of . Show your steps and give valid reasons.

ABCD is a square. CD is a tangent to the circle with centre O as shown in the figure below.
If OD = CE, what is the ratio of the area of the circle and the area of the square? Show your steps and give valid reasons.

Shown below is a circle with centre and tangents and .
Using triangles and , and without doing any extra constructions, prove that the tangents and are equal in length.

In the following figure, is the centre of the circle and and are tangents to the circle at points and respectively.
What is the measure of ? (Without symbol) Show your work.

A circle has a centre and radii and . Two tangents, and , are drawn from an external point .
In addition to the above information, which of these must also be known to conclude that the quadrilateral is a square?
i) and are at an angle of .
ii) The tangents meet at an angle of .

Raghav drew the following figure on a board where a circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral.
(Note: The figure is not to scale)
Then he wrote the following relationships.
i)
ii)
Which of the above relationships is/are DEFINITELY true?

In the figure below, is formed using three tangents to a circle centred at .
(Note: The figure is not to scale)
Based on the construction, the sum of the tangents and is_____the perimeter of .

Here is a circle with centre .
Manu wants to draw a tangent to the circle.
What is the number of points at which the line will meet the circle?
