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The radius of the Circumscribed circle
The law of sines:For △
diagram on the right, the following formula holds:
a
b
---------- -
=
---------- -
=
sin
A
sin
B
It is thereby possible, by the law of cosines and law of
sines, to calculate the radius of the circumscribed
circle given the lengths of the three sides of the
triangle.
R
=
-------------------------------------------------------------
cos B
2
sin
1 –
ON
MODE
MODE
?→ A:?→ B:?→ C:sin cos
A ÷2 D → M:M < 41 STEP >
OUTPUT
M : the radius of the circumscribed circle
For a triangle with sides if length 3, 4 and 5, the radius of the circumscribed circle is 2.5:
Prog
1
3
EXE
4
EXE
5
EXE
ABC
, as shown in the
c
-----------
=
2R
sin
C
A
2
2
2
+
C
–
A
-------------------------------
2BC
PRGM
MODE
COMP
1
1
MODE
-1
2
2
( (B
+ C
S A
S A
S A
&&&&&&&&&
S A
M
C
a
R
B
A
c
1
2
- A
)÷2 BC)→ D:
P1 P1 P2 P3 P4
D R
P1 P1 P2 P3 P4
D R
P1 P1 P2 P3 P4
D R
P1 P1 P2 P3 P4
D R
b
G
G
G
&&
G
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