Proof That a Line Drawn From a Point to the Centre of a Circle Bisects the Angle Between the Two Tangents Drawn From That Point
The theorem is illustrated below.
Proof: Construct the trianglesand
by drawing radii as below.
since both are radii of the circle and
is common to both. Further, angle
since these are between a tangent and a radius. From Pythagoras theorem,
so
and the triangles have three equal lengths so are congruent and angle
and
bisects