Circumcircle of a triangle
Task
Construct the circumcircle of a triangle that passes the Drag Test by following the construction steps provided below.
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Instructions
1. | ![]() | Create an arbitrary triangle ABC by clicking three times into the ![]() |
2. | ![]() | Construct the Perpendicular Bisector for each side of the triangle. Hint: The Perpendicular Bisector tool can be applied to an existing segment. |
3. | ![]() | Create intersection point D of two of the line bisectors. Hint: The Intersect tool can be applied to the intersection of three lines or by successively selecting two of the three line bisectors. |
4. | ![]() | Construct a circle with center D through one of the vertices of triangle ABC by first selecting D and then one of the vertices of the triangle. |
5. | ![]() | Perform the Drag Test moving the vertices of the triangle to check if your construction is correct. |