Question

James is constructing a circle circumscribed about a triangle. He has partially completed the construction, as shown below. What should be his next step in the construction?



A.Connect the arc markings to angle E to find another bisector

C. Connect three arc markings to determine the vertices form the triangle

D. Use the circumcenter to determine the center of the circle

Answer 1

@IMStuck @jim_thompson5910 @Preetha

Answer 2

@dannibee @dan815 @ganeshie8 @smartrob

Answer 3

you forgot the pic

Answer 4

Oh sorry about that @jim_thompson5910

Answer 5

Answer choice B is wrong btw! :)

Answer 6

So that's out of our choices!

Answer 7

well those two lines cross at the center of the circle (ie the circumcenter)

Answer 8

So D then?

Answer 9

you then take the compass and place the pivot at the center and put the pencil at any vertex of the triangle

Answer 10

check out

http://www.mathopenref.com/constcircumcircle.html

Answer 11

Now, I am stuck between my answer being A or D.

Answer 12

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 13

D is probably the most logical choice based on that link I sent you and what I wrote above

Answer 14

check out the animation (watch it all the way through each step)

Answer 15

Alright, sounds good, thank you. And yes, I did! I just sometimes do not understand what is going on, lol.

Answer 16

YAy this answer was correct!!

Answer 17

or check out

http://www.mathopenref.com/printcircumcircle.html

look at steps 4-6

Answer 18

actually look at all the steps, but 4-6 are the steps I'm referring to

Answer 19

OH, I see what you are saying now. I kept getting confused at the steps in the beginning! LOl