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  2. Bisection - Wikipedia

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    The interior perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle is the segment, falling entirely on and inside the triangle, of the line that perpendicularly bisects that side. The three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle's three sides intersect at the circumcenter (the center of the circle through the three vertices). Thus any line through a ...

  3. Angle bisector theorem - Wikipedia

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    The theorem states for any triangle ∠ DAB and ∠ DAC where AD is a bisector, then | |: | | = | |: | |. In geometry, the angle bisector theorem is concerned with the relative lengths of the two segments that a triangle's side is divided into by a line that bisects the opposite angle. It equates their relative lengths to the relative lengths ...

  4. Cevian - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a cevian is a line segment which joins a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side of the triangle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Medians and angle bisectors are special cases of cevians. The name "cevian" comes from the Italian mathematician Giovanni Ceva , who proved a well-known theorem about cevians which also bears his name.

  5. Straightedge and compass construction - Wikipedia

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    Constructing the perpendicular bisector from a segment; Finding the midpoint of a segment. Drawing a perpendicular line from a point to a line. Bisecting an angle; Mirroring a point in a line; Constructing a line through a point tangent to a circle; Constructing a circle through 3 noncollinear points; Drawing a line through a given point ...

  6. Carnot's theorem (perpendiculars) - Wikipedia

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    Carnot's theorem: if three perpendiculars on triangle sides intersect in a common point F, then blue area = red area. Carnot's theorem (named after Lazare Carnot) describes a necessary and sufficient condition for three lines that are perpendicular to the (extended) sides of a triangle having a common point of intersection.

  7. Triangle - Wikipedia

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    As mentioned above, every triangle has a unique circumcircle, a circle passing through all three vertices, whose center is the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle's sides. Furthermore, every triangle has a unique Steiner circumellipse, which passes through the triangle's vertices and has its center at the triangle's ...

  8. Thales's theorem - Wikipedia

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    For any triangle, and, in particular, any right triangle, there is exactly one circle containing all three vertices of the triangle. (Sketch of proof. The locus of points equidistant from two given points is a straight line that is called the perpendicular bisector of the line segment connecting the points.

  9. Special cases of Apollonius' problem - Wikipedia

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    Circles tangent to two given points must lie on the perpendicular bisector. Circles tangent to two given lines must lie on the angle bisector. Tangent line to a circle from a given point draw semicircle centered on the midpoint between the center of the circle and the given point. Power of a point and the harmonic mean [clarification needed]