To show: if the triangle is inscribed in a circle such that one side of the triangle is a diameter of the circle, then the triangle is a right triangle.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The givencircle is
And the triangle formed by the lines
And
Calculation:
Let us consider the following equation of the circle:
The equation of lines forming the triangles are:
Let us draw the graph of the given equation and the graph is as shown below:
From the figure let us find out the length of
Length of
Length of
Length of
Hence,
Therefore, triangle
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