Circumscribe a circle about the given triangle.

Step-by-step explanation:

To circumscribe a circle to a given triangle implies constructing a circle outside the triangle, so that it touches the three vertices of the given triangle externally.

The step requires bisecting two sides of the triangle so as to locate the center of the circle. Then with the center and one of the edges, draw a complete circle. The circles should be outside the triangle and passing through its three vertices.

The construction is as shown in the attachment to this answer.

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step-by-step explanation:

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3