Multiple choice

The common point of a tangent to a circle and the circle is called ______

  1. Point of intersection

  2. Point of contact

  3. point on the circumference

  4. common point
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Explanation

By definition, the point where a tangent touches a circle is called the point of contact.

AI explanation

A tangent line physically touches the boundary of the circle at a specific location without crossing through it. This specific shared location is universally referred to as the point of contact in geometric terminology. Thus, the common point is the point of contact.

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