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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help! How do you prove that two circles constructed (the circumscribed circle and the inscribed circle) are similar using the radius for each?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ash2326

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@robtobey

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@Compassionate

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@primeralph

OpenStudy (primeralph):

Are similar? If radius is the only basis, then of course they are similar. Any two circles will be similar.

OpenStudy (primeralph):

Inscribed in what?

OpenStudy (primeralph):

Bisect two angles. Wherever the lines of bisection meet is the center of a circle with a radius touching the sides of the circle.

OpenStudy (primeralph):

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OpenStudy (primeralph):

I don't think they meet at the same point.

OpenStudy (ash2326):

All circles are similar to each other, I don't see how being inscribed or circumscribed affect that.

OpenStudy (primeralph):

To me the question isn't clear enough. Every two circles are similar because the have only one defining factor.

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