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No. A tangent touches the circle at exactly one point. A line that intersects a circle at exactly two points is a secant.
No, a circle can never pass through three points of a straight line. The circle will touch 1) no points of the line, 2) one point of the line (which is now tangent to the circle), or 3) two points of the line. A line can contain (at most) twopoints that lie on the line.
The Tangent Line to Circle Theorem states that a line is tangent to a circle if and only if it's perpendicular to the circle's radius.
Such a line is called a tangent line or a tangent to the circle. [Tangent is Latin for touching-- a tangent line touches the circle at just one point. ]
Yes, it can as long as it is not the tangent line of the outermost circle. If it is tangent to any of the inner circles it will always cross the outer circles at two points--so it is their secant line--whereas the tangent of the outermost circle is secant to no circle because there are no more circles beyond that last one.
No. A tangent touches the circle at exactly one point. A line that intersects a circle at exactly two points is a secant.
No, a circle can never pass through three points of a straight line. The circle will touch 1) no points of the line, 2) one point of the line (which is now tangent to the circle), or 3) two points of the line. A line can contain (at most) twopoints that lie on the line.
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A line that does not touch the circumference of a circle is called a "secant" if it intersects the circle at two points, or an "external tangent" if it runs parallel to the circle without intersection. However, if the line is entirely outside the circle and does not intersect it, it is simply referred to as a "non-intersecting line" or "external line." In contrast, if a line touches the circumference at exactly one point, it is called a "tangent."
A tangent line. A line that intersects a circle at two points is a secant.
Hey! Don't you dare touch me! :p
The Tangent Line to Circle Theorem states that a line is tangent to a circle if and only if it's perpendicular to the circle's radius.
A secant line touches a circle at two points. On the other hand a tangent line meets a circle at one point.
A tangent to a circle can contain at most one chord, which is the line segment connecting two points on the circle that lies entirely within the circle. Since a tangent line only touches the circle at a single point and does not intersect it elsewhere, it cannot contain multiple chords. Therefore, regardless of how many points are on the circle, a tangent line can only be associated with one chord at that specific contact point.
Such a line is called a tangent line or a tangent to the circle. [Tangent is Latin for touching-- a tangent line touches the circle at just one point. ]
Yes, it can as long as it is not the tangent line of the outermost circle. If it is tangent to any of the inner circles it will always cross the outer circles at two points--so it is their secant line--whereas the tangent of the outermost circle is secant to no circle because there are no more circles beyond that last one.
A line can be tangent to a circle in which case it intersects it in one point, it can intersect it in two points, or no points at all. So the choices are 0,1 or 2.