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    If a line intersects a circle of center O at points a and B, the segments OA and OB make equal angles with the line. A tangent line is perpendicular to the radius that goes through the point of tangency. The set of points that see'' AB under a fixed angle is an arc of a circle.

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    If a line intersects a circle of center O at points a and B, the segments OA and OB make equal angles with the line. A tangent line is perpendicular to the radius that goes through the point of tangency. The set of points that see'' AB under a fixed angle is an arc of a circle.

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    If a line intersects a circle of center O at points a and B, the segments OA and OB make equal angles with the line. A tangent line is perpendicular to the radius that goes through the point of tangency. The set of points that see'' AB under a fixed angle is an arc of a circle.

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    Figure1:Thearcofcirclesubtendendbytheangle issthechordiscthesectoristhewholesliceof

    thepiethesegmentisthecapboundedbythearcandthechord(thatis,thesliceminusthetriangle).
    Otherpropertiesofcircles:
    IfalineintersectsacircleofcenterOatpointsAandB,thesegmentsOAandOBmakeequal
    angleswiththeline.Inparticular,atangentlineisperpendiculartotheradiusthatgoesthroughthe
    pointoftangency.
    GivenafixedcircleandafixedpointPintheplane,andalinethroughPthatintersectsthecircle
    atAandB(withA=Bforatangent).ThentheproductofthedistancesPAPBisthesameforall
    suchlines.ItiscalledthepowerofPwithrespecttothecircle.
    IfthecentralangleAOBequals ,theangleACB,whereCisanypointonthecircle,equals or
    180 (Figure2,left).Conversely,givenasegmentAB,thesetofpointsthat``sees''ABundera
    fixedangleisanarcofacircle(Figure2,right).Inparticular,thesetofpointsthatseeABundera
    rightangleisacirclewithdiameterAB.

    Figure2:Left:TheangleACBequals foranyCinthelongarcABandADBequals180

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