This construction assumes you are already familiar with Constructing the Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment.
| After doing this | Your work should look like this |
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We start with a given circle. |
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| 1. Using a straightedge, draw any two chords of the circle. For greatest accuracy, avoid chords that are nearly parallel. | ![]() |
| 2. Construct the perpendicular bisector of one of the chords using the method described in Constructing a perpendicular bisector of a line segment | ![]() |
| 3. Repeat for the other chord | ![]() |
| 4. The point where the two lines intersect is the center C of the circle. | ![]() |