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Circumcenter Theorem

All perpendicular bisectors of a triangle concur at one point called circumcenter as a center of its circumscribing circle.

Bisectors of AB and BC meet at O. By ITT, we have Description: Description: http://unitedthc.com/TUT/Geometry/geometry_files/image052.gif, hence there’s a circle circumscribing Description: Description: http://unitedthc.com/TUT/Geometry/geometry_files/image053.gif

Corollary 1

All 3 bisectors of 3 sides of a triangle concur at ONE point called circumcenter.

There’s a unique line from O to mid-point of AC. By ITT, it must perpendicular to AC.

Corollary 2

The midpoint of hypotenuse of a right triangle is the center of its circumscribed circle

Draw a circle with diameter as one side of a triangle whose 3rd virtex in on the circle. Now we need to prove it is a right triangle.

By ITT, we have

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As sum of all angles in a triangle is 1800, so

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Hence it is a right triangle.


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