The Book of Lemmas: Proposition 11
Main Concept
If two chords in a circle, AB and CD, intersect at right angles in a point O, not being the center, then:
AO2 + BO2 + CO2 + DO2 = diameter2.
Click on the plot to create points A and B on the circle's perimeter. Adjust the slider to move the x-coordinate, xO , of the point O, where the two lines intersect. Note that the sum of the squares of distances between points A, B, C and D is equal to the square of the diameter of the circle.
Arc Lengths:
AO2 =
BO2 =
CO2 =
DO2 =
∑ =
diameter2 =
r AO2 + BO2 + CO2 + DO2 = diameter2
xO CD
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