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What is the Difference Between Circumscribed and Inscribed Squares?
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Well, for a start, I think "square ABCD" is meant to imply that the points A, B, C, D go in that order round the perimeter, so C is diagonally opposite to A.
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It seems I am not the worst circle drawer in the world!
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Also, I think "circumscribed square" means the square is outside the circle (its sides are tangents to the circle). What you have drawn is the inscribed square.