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The Perpendicular Bisectors of a Triangle
The perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle intersect in a single point, called the circumcenter. The circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices of the triangle. The circumcircle passes through the three vertices.
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Anatomy of Triangles
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