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The circumcenter of a triangle is the center of a circle who's radius touches all three of the triangle's vertices. The circumcenter can be found using the intersection of 2 or more perpendicular bisectors. A bisector is a line perpendicular from the mid point of a triangle's line segment.

To find the circumcenter of a triangle, create two bisectors by following these steps:

Steps
  1. With a compass, draw a circle from the first point in the triangle larger then the triangle.
  2. Draw the same size circle from point two.
  3. Draw the same size circle from point three.
  4. Draw a line from the two intersecting points of circle one and two.
  5. Draw a line from the two intersecting points of circle two and three.

The intersection of the lines from step 4 and 5 will define the circumcenter of the triangle.

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