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DescriptionTangent from exterior point to circle construction.svg
Using Thales' theorem to onstruct tangent lines from an exterior point P to a circle C with centre O by CMG Lee. After finding the midpoint M of OP (magenta), the intersections T₁ and T₂ of C with a circle of radius OM centred on M (cyan) give the tangent lines (tan).
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