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circumcircle

  

find the circumcircle of a given triangle

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

circumcircle(cc, T, cn)

Parameters

cc

-

the name of the circumcircle

T

-

triangle

'centername' = cn

-

(optional) where cn is a name of the center of circumcircle

Description

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The circumcircle cc of a triangle T is a circle circumscribed about the triangle.

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If the optional argument is given and is of the form 'centername' = cn where cn is name, cn will be the name of the center of cc.

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For a detailed description of the circumcircle cc, use the routine detail (i.e., detail(cc);)

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Note that the routine only works if the vertices of the triangle are known.

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The command with(geometry,circumcircle) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withgeometry:

triangleT,pointA,0,0,pointB,2,0,pointC,1,3:

circumcircleElc,T,centername=OO

detailElc

drawElc,T,printtext=true

See Also

geometry[circle]

geometry[incircle]

geometry[triangle]