← 4.1 Geometrical Constructions
The circle through the vertices of a triangle
Mathematics · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
Using perpendicular bisectors to find the one point equally far from all three corners, and drawing the circumscribed circle.
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Drawing parallel lines
- Drawing perpendicular lines
- Dividing a line proportionally
- Angles inside a polygon
- Exterior angles and the number of sides
- Constructing an equilateral triangle and a square
- Constructing a regular pentagon
- Constructing a regular hexagon
- Constructing irregular polygons
- The circle through the vertices of a triangle
- The circle touching the sides of a triangle
- Patterns with circles and polygons