JSUNIL TUTORIAL

Class IX

Circle

1. How many tangents can a circle have?

Solution: On a given point of the perimeter there can be one and only one tangent. Otherwise
there can be infinitely many tangents.
2. Fill in the blanks :
(i) A tangent to a circle intersects it in point (s).
Solution: One
(ii) A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a.
Solution: Secant
(iii) A circle can have parallel tangents at the most.
Solution: Two
(iv) The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called .
Solution: Point of contact
3. A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at
a point Q so that OQ = 12 cm. Length PQ is :
(A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 8.5 cm (D)

cm.

1. From a point Q, the length of the tangent to a circle is 24 cm and the distance of Q from
the centre is 25 cm. The radius of the circle is
(A) 7 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 24.5 cm
Solution: In OPQ
OP2 = OQ2 PQ2
Or, OP2 = 252 242
Or, OP2 = 625 576
Or, OP2 = 49

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Or, OP = 7
2. In the following figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so
that angle POQ = 110, then angle PTQ is equal to
(A)

60

(B)

70

(C)

80

(D)

90

3. If tangents TQ and TP from a point T to a circle with centre O are inclined to each other
at angle of 80, then angle TOP is equal to
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 80

4. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a

diameter of a
circle are
parallel.

5. Prove that the perpendicular at the point of contact to the tangent to a circle passes
through the centre.
Solution: In the given figure, QR is diameter and O is
centre. OP, SP and RP are lines touching the tangent at
the point of contact.
In triangles POS and POR
Line PS > PO and SO
Line PR > PO and RO
So, PS and PR are hypotenuse of respective triangles.
So, it is proved that Angle POR = Right Angle
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If PO is increased to reach the other end of the perimeter, then it will be the diameter.
6. The length of a tangent from a point Q at distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4
cm. Find the radius of the circle.

Solution: In OPQ
OP2 = OQ2 PQ2
Or, OP2 = 25 16 = 9
Or, OP = 3
7. Two concentric circles are of radii 5 cm
and 3 cm. Find the length of the chord of the
larger circle which touches the smaller circle.

Solution: OS = 5 cm
OT = 3 cm
ST2 = OS2 OT2
Or, ST2 = 25 9 = 16
Or, ST = 4
So, SP = 8 cm
8. A quadrilateral ABCD is drawn to circumscribe a circle. Prove that
AB + CD = AD + BC
Solution: AP = AS (tangents from a point are always equal)
Similarly, PB = BQ
AB = AP + PB

CQ = CR

DR = DS

BC = BQ + CQ = PB + CQ

CD = CR + DR = CQ + DR

AD = DS + AS = DR + AP

AB + CD = AP + PB + CQ + DR .. (i)
AD + BC = DR + AP + PB + CQ (ii)
From equation (i) and (ii) it is clear

AB + CD = AD + BC

9. In the given figure, XY and XY are two parallel tangents

to a circle with centre O and another tangent AB with point
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of contact C intersecting XY at A and XY at B. Prove that angle AOB = 90.

10. Prove that the angle between the two tangents drawn
from an external point to a circle is supplementary to the
angle subtended by the line-segment joining the points
of
contact
at
the
centre.

So, it is clear that angle subtended by TP and TQ is supplementary to angle subtended by OP

and OQ.
11. Prove that the parallelogram circumscribing a circle is a rhombus.

As diagonals are bisecting each other, so the given parallelogram is a rhombus

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