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Equation of Tangent Worksheet

This document contains 7 questions about finding equations of tangents to circles. The questions provide diagrams of circles with points marked on them and ask the reader to determine equations for the tangent lines at those points based on properties of tangents and circles. The document also provides answers to the questions at the end.

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Equation of Tangent Worksheet

This document contains 7 questions about finding equations of tangents to circles. The questions provide diagrams of circles with points marked on them and ask the reader to determine equations for the tangent lines at those points based on properties of tangents and circles. The document also provides answers to the questions at the end.

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Equation of Tangent Find an equation of the tangent to L at the point

P.
Question 1
Question 5
The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
The line l is a tangent to the circle x 2+ y 2=40 at the
point A . A is the point ( 2 , 6 ).

The line l crosses the x -axis at the point P.

Work out the area of triangle OAP .

Question 6
Here is a circle, centre O , and the tangent to the circle
at the point P ( 4 ,3 ) on the circle.
The line 10 x+ py =q is a tangent at the point ( 5 , 4 ) in
a circle with centre ( 0 , 0 ) . Find the value of p and the
value of q .

Question 2
A circle has equation x 2+ y 2=29 P is the point on the
circle with coordinates (−5 , 2 ). The tangent to the
circle at P intersects the x -axis at point Q .

Work out the x -coordinate of Q .

Question 3
The diagram shows a circle, centre the origin.
Find an equation of the tangent at the point P.

Question 7
The diagram shows the circle with equation
2 2
x + y =261

a) Write down the equation of the circle.


b) Point P has coordinates ( 8 ,−6 ) and lie on the
circle. Find the equation of the tangent to the
circle at point P.

Question 4
L is the circle with equation x 2+ y 2=4

P ( 32 , √27 )is a point on L.


2

A tangent to the circle is drawn at point A with Find an equation of the tangent at A.
coordinates ( p ,−15 ), where p>0

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Answers

Question 1
p=8, q=82

Question 2
−29
x=
5

Question 3
a) x 2+ y 2=100

b) 3 y−4 x +50=0

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Question 4
−3 8
y= x+
√7 √7

Question 5
60

Question 6
−4 25
y= x+
3 3

Question 7
y=0.4 x−17.4

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