EMAT 8890

Doug Westmoreland


Hint for Brahmagupta's Theorem:

In the GSP sketch, let the acute angles in right triangle CGP be x and y.  Since the diagonals are perpendicular, angle DPG = x, and in right triangle DGP the angle at D is y.  The pairs of vertically opposite angles at P then give further angles x and y.  But the chord AD subtends equal angles x at C and B on the circumference, and chord BC similarly gives equal angles y at A and D.  Thus the triangles PFA and PFB are both isosceles, and the AF and FB are equal.


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