Circumscribe a Circle around a Triangle

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Plan:
1) Construct perpendicular bisectors for the sides of the triangle. They meet at the
circumcenter.
2) Draw a circle with center at the circumcenter, and radius going out to a corner of the
triangle.
This circle will intersect all three vertices of the triangle, so it is the circumscribed
circle.
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D J

Step 1: Construct perpendicular bisectors for the sides of the triangle. They meet at the
circumcenter.

NOTE: We really only need two of the perpendicular bisectors, since we know that the third
would meet them at the same intersection point.
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D J

Step 2: Draw a circle with center at J (the circumcenter) and extending out to vertex D.

This is the circumscribed circle!

NOTE! Either of the other vertices (E or F) would work just as well, since all vertices are the
same distance from the circumcenter.