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OpenStudy (praxer):

using vectors prove that the angle in a semicircle is a right angle.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

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OpenStudy (praxer):

got it till here...

OpenStudy (amistre64):

a = x,y b = c-x, -y

OpenStudy (amistre64):

|a| = sqrt(x^2+y^2) |b| = sqrt((c-x)^2+y^2)

OpenStudy (amistre64):

a.b = cx -x^2 - y^2 ----- ---------------------- = 0 if cx-x^2-y^2 = 0 |a||b| = sqrt(c^2+x^2 -2cx + y^2)

OpenStudy (praxer):

Thank you! @ amistre64

OpenStudy (amistre64):

show that the results of that have to fit a circle equation: (x-c/2)^2 + y^2 = (c/2)^2

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