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Circle Passing Through 3 Points

Through three distinct, non-collinear points, there passes one and only one circle. Note: Collinear = lying on a single straight line Use the GeoGebra tools to construct the circle passing through points A, B and C.

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What happens if points A, B and C are collinear?

What happens if the points are not distinct?