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The circumcenter of a triangle can lie on one of the edges if the triangle is:

Select the best choice from the answers provided.
A.
Right
B.
Acute
C.
Obtuse
D.
none of the above choices are correct.

User Dakatine
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I think Acute is the answer
User Rossen
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Answer:

B. Acute

Explanation:

the hypotenuse for right triangles and lies outside the triangle for obtuse triangles. The circumcenter coincides with the midpoint of the hypotenuse if it is an isosceles right triangle.

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