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What is the circumradius of a right angle triangle if its sides are integer numbers.

a) If one of the sides is 6 and hypotenuse is 10.

b) If one of the sides is 6 and the area is 24.
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What is the circumradius of a right angle triangle if its sides are integer numbers.

a) If one of the sides is 6 and hypotenuse is 10.

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"circumradius"???
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What is the circumradius of a right angle triangle if its sides are in Updated on: 31 Mar 2019, 10:41
Originally posted by rohan789 on 31 Mar 2019, 10:15.
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Circumradius:

The circumradius of a regular polygon or triangle is the radius of the circumcircle, which is the circle that passes through all the vertices.
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What is the circumradius of a right angle triangle if its sides are integer numbers.

a) If one of the sides is 6 and hypotenuse is 10.

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whats the source of this question
although meaning of circumradius is clear but how is the center of such a figure be determined is not clear
also the given options are both providing same info its a 6:8:10 right angles triangle no wonder option D is given as correct..
how will center of such a figure is detemined? is it that the hypotenuse passes through center?
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For any right-angled triangle, the circumradius is half of its hypotenuse.

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Circumradius:

The circumradius of a regular polygon or triangle is the radius of the circumcircle, which is the circle that passes through all the vertices.
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Sounds like a fancy term for "perimeter"
If the GMAT were to ask for the circumradius, I'm certain there would be some text that defines this term.

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