By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- understand the properties of tangents to a circle and their relationships with radii and angles;
- apply theorems involving tangents to solve problems and analyze geometric configurations;
- recognize scenarios where tangent properties are useful and apply them appropriately.
Curriculum Alignment: Key Stage 4: Geometry and measures
- Identify and apply circle definitions and properties, including: centre, radius, chord, diameter, circumference, tangent, arc, sector and segment
- {apply and prove the standard circle theorems concerning angles, radii, tangents and chords, and use them to prove related results}