geometry
tangentpc
find the tangent of a point on a circle with respect to that circle
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
tangentpc(l, P, c)
l
-
the name of the tangent line
P
point
c
circle
The routine returns l which is the tangent of point P on circle c with respect to c.
For more details on the result, use detail.
The command with(geometry,tangentpc) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
with⁡geometry:
point⁡A,1,0,circle⁡c,x2+y2=1,x,y
A,c
tangentpc⁡l,A,c
form⁡l
line2d
Equation⁡l
−1+x=0
See Also
geometry[TangentLine]
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