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manish, a parent: how many parallel tangents may a circle have? the text book shows two.but a crcle can have infinite tangents. |
Hi Manish,
A circle does in fact have an infinite number of tangents but each tangent only has one parallel tangent:
Hope this helps,
Janice
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