Warm-Up Find the area and circumference of a circle with radius r = 4.
Geometry 11-1 Lines of Circles
Definitions
Example Identify each line or segment that intersects P. chords: secant: tangent: diameter: radii: QR and ST ST PQ, PT, and PS UV ST
Definition
A common tangent is a line that is tangent to two circles.
Theorem 1 If a line is tangent to a circle, then it is perpendicular to the radius. A m m is perpendicular to AB B
Theorem 2 If two segments are tangent to a circle from the same external point, then the segments are congruent.
Example RS and RT are tangent to Q. Find RS.