Three vertices of a right-angle triangle with perpendicular sides a and b lie on a circle, what will be the diameter of that circle?

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Three vertices of a right-angle triangle with perpendicular sides a and b lie on a circle, what will be the diameter of that circle?

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Safeer PP 3rd Jun, 2021

We know that diameter subtends 90° at any point of the circle.

Therefore, the hypotenuse of the given right angle triangle will be diameter. The length of diameter will be the length of the hypotenuse.

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