Day six : A Circle and  Quadrilaterals

by Nami Youn

Objective

To understand the properties of the inscribed quadrilaterals in a circle

To understand a circle inscribed  or circumscribec in a square 

1. The properties of the inscribed quadrilaterals in a circle

Property  : The quadrilateral can be inscribed in a circle, if and only if opposite angles of a quadrilateral are supplementary.
 
 






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2. Inscribed and Circumscribed

Inscribed

A circle is inscribed in a square if each side of the square is tangent to the circle.



 
 

Circumscribed






A circle is circumscribed about a square if each vertex of the square lies on the circle.
 

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