Whats a tangent

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Whats a tangent

Omar9326 Mar 17, 2015

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In regular, Euclidean geometry, a tangent is a line in the plane of a circle that intersects the circle in one point.

Tangents also exist to other curves besides circles, but then the definition becomes more complicated.

geno3141 Mar 17, 2015

geno3141 · Answer 1 · 2015-03-17T09:43:36

In regular, Euclidean geometry, a tangent is a line in the plane of a circle that intersects the circle in one point.

Tangents also exist to other curves besides circles, but then the definition becomes more complicated.