A triangle has corners at #(6 ,8 )#, #(1 ,5 )#, and #(3 ,9 )#. What is the area of the triangle's circumscribed circle?

1 Answer
Feb 28, 2018

Follow the steps as listed out below to find the area of the circumcircle.

Explanation:

  1. Find and Calculate the midpoint of given coordinates or midpoints (AB, AC, BC)
  2. Calculate the slope of the particular line
  3. By using the midpoint and the slope, find out the equation of line (y-y1) = m (x-x1)
  4. Find out the other line of equation in the similar manner

  5. Solve the two bisector equation by finding out the intersection point

  6. Calculated intersection point will be the circumcenter of the given triangle
  7. Calculate the distance between circumcenter and one of the vertices to get the measure of radius.
  8. Find the area of the circumcircle using the circle area formula #A = pi r@^2#

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