Two tangents PA and PB are drawn from an external point P to a circle with centre O. Prove that AOBP is a cyclic quadrilateral.
We are given two tangents PA and PB drawn to a circle with centre O from external point P
We are to prove that quadrilateral AOBP is cyclic
We know that tangent at a point to a circle is perpendicular to the radius through that point.
Therefore from figure
$O A \perp A P$
$O B \perp B P$
That is
$\angle O A P=90^{\circ}$
$\angle O B P=90^{\circ}$
$\angle O A P+\angle O B P=90^{\circ}+90^{\circ}$
$=180^{\circ}$.........(1)
In quadrilateral AOBP,
$\angle O A P+\angle O B P+\angle A P B+\angle A O B=360^{\circ}$ [Sum of angles of a quadrilateral $=360^{\circ}$ ]
$180^{\circ}+\angle A P B+\angle A O B=360^{\circ} \quad[$ From $(1)]$
$\angle A P B+\angle A O B=360^{\circ}-180^{\circ}$
$\angle A P B+\angle A O B=180^{\circ}$
We know that the sum of opposite angles of cyclic quadrilateral = 180°
Therefore from (1) and (2)
Quadrilateral AOBP is a cyclic quadrilateral.