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Revision as of 09:33, 6 November 2007
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The circumradius of a cyclic polygon is the radius of the cirumscribed circle of that polygon. For a triangle, it is the measure of the radius of the circle that circumscribes the triangle. Since every triangle is cyclic, every triangle has a circumscribed circle, or a circumcircle.
Formula for a Triangle
Let 
and 
denote the triangle's three sides, and let 
denote the area of the triangle. Then, the measure of the of the circumradius of the triangle is simply 
