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ABCD acute angle adjacent adjacent angles altitude apothem Apply Sec base bisects called chord circumference circumscribed circumscribed circle coincide congruent Connect construct a square COROLLARY corresponding sides decagon diagonals diameter divided drawn end points equal angles equiangular equiangular polygon equidistant equilateral triangle exterior angles figure Find a point Find the area formed geometry given angle given circle given line given point given segment given straight line Hence hypotenuse intersect isosceles triangle length line joining line segment locus measure median mid-point number of degrees number of sides pair parallel parallelogram perimeter perpendicular bisector Proof PROPOSITION prove quadrilateral radii radius ratio rectangle regular inscribed regular polygon rhombus right angle right triangle secant semicircle Show Similarly straight angle subtended Suggestion tangent THEOREM trapezoid triangle ABC vertex vertices
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