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A rapid method to find a tangent to a circle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

P. Macgregor
P. Macgregor*
Affiliation:
James Watt College, Finnart Street, Greenock PA16 8HF
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 92 , Issue 523 , March 2008 , pp. 160
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2008

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References

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