A circular monorail track has to be constructed in a theme park. The monorail track would pass through three locations: the golf resort, the nature park, and the water park, as shown below. Part A: Using complete sentences, describe the method that can be used to construct a circle connecting the points G, N, and W. Part B: Describe a method that can be used to prove that the center of the circle is correct.
Please help!
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to create an inscribed or circumscribed circle.
i think you should create the circumscribed circle since it touches all 3 ends
Won't a inscribed circle do the same though?
Find the point, in the middle of the three locations, that provides the same, exact, measured distance when traveling from that point to any of the three destinations. Pop out a compass after you've calculated the distance, adjust the compass accordingly, and place the pin of the compass at the aforementioned middle point. Then trace out a circle.
inscribed circle wont touch the angular points... it touches the legs and bases length! whereas the circumscribed circle touches the angular points...
That make sense?
I get it now. So now you construct the perpendicular bisectors for two sides and then create the circumscribed circle from the circumcenter with a compass
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