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The area of the triangle formed by the tangents from the point $(4,3)$ to the the circle $x^{2}+y^{2}=9$ and the line joining their points of contact is ..................
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The center of the circle is at the origin $O(0,0)$ and the radius is $r=3$. We want to find the area of the triangle $PTT'$. Show more…
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