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Lesson Plan

Tangent Properties

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Students explore properties of tangent lines.  In this properties of tangent lines lesson plan, students discuss the perpendicular relationship between a tangent line on a circle and the circle's radius.  Students use that relationship to determine unknown distances.

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Concepts
chords, circles, diameter, line segments, radius, tangent lines
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Additional Tags
chords, circles, diameter, radius, segments, tangent lines, math
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Resource Details
Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Year
2008