Drawing a tangent or secant!

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Drawing a tangent or secant!

Unread post by rakeen » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:21 pm

I wonder how do Mr.Coxeter draws a tangent or secant throough a line. As far as I'm concerned tangent in a ratio.....and so secant. see the image below:
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Re: Drawing a tangent or secant!

Unread post by photon » Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:21 pm

what is secant here?(i don't know)
tangent means SPORSHOK ,is that meaning applicable here???i don't think......
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Re: Drawing a tangent or secant!

Unread post by nayel » Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:11 pm

Tangents and secants are lines. Tangent=স্পর্শক, Secant=ছেদক
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secant_line
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