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Given a right triangle ABC with hypotenuse AC, construct a circle Ω whose diameter is AC. Let O be the center of Ω. Let D be the intersection of Ω and the ray OB. By Thales's theorem, ∠ ADC is right. But then D must equal B. (If D lies inside ABC, ∠ ADC would be obtuse, and if D lies outside ABC, ∠ ADC would be acute.)
An excircle or escribed circle [2] of the triangle is a circle lying outside the triangle, tangent to one of its sides and tangent to the extensions of the other two. Every triangle has three distinct excircles, each tangent to one of the triangle's sides.
Formally, let ABC be a triangle, with arbitrary points A´, B´ and C´ on sides BC, AC, and AB respectively (or their extensions). Draw three circumcircles (Miquel's circles) to triangles AB´C´, A´BC´, and A´B´C. Miquel's theorem states that these circles intersect in a single point M, called the Miquel point.
Every regular polygon has an inscribed circle (called its incircle), and every circle can be inscribed in some regular polygon of n sides, for any n ≥ 3. Not every polygon with more than three sides has an inscribed circle; those polygons that do are called tangential polygons. Not every polygon with more than three sides is an inscribed ...
Ptolemy's Theorem yields as a corollary a pretty theorem [2] regarding an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle. Given An equilateral triangle inscribed on a circle and a point on the circle. The distance from the point to the most distant vertex of the triangle is the sum of the distances from the point to the two nearer vertices.
The inscribed angle theorem relates the measure of an inscribed angle to that of the central angle intercepting the same arc. The inscribed angle theorem appears as Proposition 20 in Book 3 of Euclid's Elements. Note that this theorem is not to be confused with the Angle bisector theorem, which also involves angle bisection (but of an angle of ...
One method to construct a regular pentagon in a given circle is described by Richmond [3] and further discussed in Cromwell's Polyhedra. [4] The top panel shows the construction used in Richmond's method to create the side of the inscribed pentagon. The circle defining the pentagon has unit radius.
The circle through A, C, and I has its center at D. In particular, this implies that the center of this circle lies on the circumcircle. [9] [10] The three triangles AID, CID, and ACD are isosceles, with D as their apex. A fourth point E, the excenter of ABC relative to B, also lies at the same distance from D, diametrically opposite from I. [5 ...