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Saad
Apr13-04, 10:58 PM
Here's an interesting question which is related to proofs, one of the hardest chapters of math:

If a circle can be drawn to pass through the 4 vertices of a Quadrilateral, we call this a "cyclic quadrilateral". What special properties do you think a cyclic quadrilateral has that wouldn't be true for any other quadrilateral?

cookiemonster
Apr14-04, 12:08 AM
Just a quick guess: Right or acute angles?

cookiemonster

arildno
Apr14-04, 03:25 AM
A cyclic quadrilateral satisfies Ptolemaios' theorem, which states, for vertices A,B,C,D:
AC*BD=AB*CD +BC*AD
(AC and BD diagonals)

I don't think non-cyclic quadrilaterals satisfy Pt. th.

Chen
Apr14-04, 12:16 PM
Sum of every opposite pair of angles is π?

ahrkron
Apr14-04, 12:33 PM
This smells like a question from a take-home test...