HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA Circumcircle is the circle, That passes through each, After each tap

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Special

 

Circumcircle

A circumcircle is the circle

 

that passes through each of

 

the triangle’s three vertices,

 

thus enclosing the triangle.

 

Tap at each vertex of the

 

triangle, pressing E

 

after each tap.

Incircle

An incircle is a circle that is

 

tangent to each of a

 

polygon’s sides. The HP

 

Prime can draw an incircle

 

that is tangent to the sides of

 

a triangle.

 

Tap at each vertex of the

 

triangle, pressing E

 

after each tap.

Excircle

An excircle is a circle that is tangent to one segment of a

 

triangle and also tangent to the rays through the segment’s

 

endpoints from the vertex of the triangle opposite the segment.

 

Tap at each vertex of the

 

triangle, pressing E

 

after each tap.

 

The excircle is drawn tangent

 

to the side defined by the last

 

two vertices tapped. In the

 

example at the right, the last

 

two vertices tapped were A

 

and C (or C and A). Thus the excircle is drawn tangent to the

 

segment AC.

Geometry

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HP Prime Graphing NW280AAABA Circumcircle is the circle, That passes through each, Triangle’s three vertices, Segment AC