
Suppose we draw a circle with the bottom side of the triangles in the picture as diameter. Find out whether the top corner of each triangle is inside the circle, on the circle or outside the circle.



Important Questions on Circles
For each diagonal of the quadrilateral shown, check whether the other two corners are inside, on or outside the circle with that diagonal as diameter.


In the picture, a circle is drawn with a line as diameter and a smaller circle with half the line as diameter. Prove that any chord of the longer circle through the point where the circles meet is bisected by the small circle.

Use a calculator to determine up to two decimal places, the perimeter and the area of the circle in the picture.

The two circles in the picture cross each other at and . The points and are the other ends of the diameters through . Prove that lie on a line.

The two circles in the picture cross each other at and . The points and are the other ends of the diameters through . Prove that is parallel to the line joining the centres of the circles and is twice as long as this line.


Prove that all four circles drawn with the sides of a rhombus as diameters pass through a common point.
Prove that this is true for any quadrilateral with adjacent sides equal, as in the picture.
