SOLUTION: What is tangent of a circle?
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Question 433168: What is tangent of a circle?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A line that touches the circle at one point.
Like the point where a bicycle tire tounches the pavement.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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