alleryStart learning →The common point of a tangent and a circle is called the
Acentre
Bpoint of contact
Cmidpoint
Dendpoint of radius
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. point of contact
A tangent touches the circle at exactly one point, and that point is called the point of contact.
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