What sort of a quadrilateral is formed by the tangents at the ends of two diameters of a circle?

Parallelogram



Let PQ and RS be two diagonals of a circle with center as O, and tangents through their end points make a quadrilateral ABCD.


Now, we know that Tangent at any point is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact


OR CD and OS AB


⇒ ∠ORD = OSB [Both 90°]


AB || CD [If two lines are cut by a transversal and the alternate interior angles are equal, then the lines are parallel]


Also,


OP AD and OQ BC


⇒ ∠APQ = CQP [Both 90°]


AD || BC [If two lines are cut by a transversal and the alternate interior angles are equal, then the lines are parallel]


In quadrilateral ABCD, opposite sides are parallel


ABCD is a parallelogram.


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