document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=891176>Question 891176</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two tangents are drawn to the circle C, such that they meet each other at a point outside the circle making an angle of x degrees. If the angle subtended by the two points of contact at the centre of the centre of the circle is 65 degrees, what is x? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #539561 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=539561\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This forms a quadrilateral with angle measures 65, t, t, and x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x is outside of the circle, 65 is at the circle center, and two angles of t each are opposite from each other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TANGENT, means the angle made ON the circle is 90 degrees.  t=90 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "65+90+90+x=360, because quadrilateral has 360 degrees for sum of interior angle measures.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=360-65-180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=180-65<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=115 </SPAN>\n" );
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