Question

A student constructs a line tangent to circle O at point P, on the circle. She followed the given steps.

Answer 1

The error that was made is found in; C: Step 3 and it can be corrected by Setting the width greater than.

How to draw a line tangent to a circle?

When trying to construct a line tangent to circle O at a point say P, the steps are as follows;

Step 1; Draw a line from the center through P and beyond the circle.

Step 2; With the compass on P, draw an arc each side of P, creating Q and R.

Step 3; With the compass on Q, set its width to a setting greater than QP.

Step 4; Make an arc in a random location using Q as center with distance less than QR but greater than QP.

Step 5; Without changing the compass width, repeat step 4 for point R, creating point S.

Step 6; Draw a line through P and S.

Step 7; PS is the line tangent to circle O at point P

Looking at the steps and comparing to the question, it is clear that the error was in step 3 where they made the compass on Q equal to QP rather than greater than QP.

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