UNIT 3: TANGENTS

TANGENCY

WHAT IS A TANGENT? 

A tangent to a circle is a straight line that touches the circle at one point.

 

EXAMPLES OF TANGENCY IN ARTWORKS

                    EXAMPLES OF TANGENCY IN THE REAL WORLD

For those brave students that are enjoying geometry, and are looking forward to starting with a more artistical approach. Lets see a video that is going to help us with our next activity: 

EXAMPLES of drawings using TANGENTS