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Geometry 3 – Construction 16 – Circumcircle

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You’ll learn

  • Construct the circumcircle of a triangle from two perpendicular bisectors
  • Predict where the circumcentre lies for acute, right-angled and obtuse triangles
  • Find a circumcentre from coordinates by solving two bisector equations simultaneously
  • Spot a right-angled triangle when the circumcentre lands on the midpoint of a side

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  • 2022 P2 Q6(a)

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