If circles are drawn taking two sides of a triangle as diameters, prove that the point intersection of these circles lie on the third side.
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Solution
Consider a ΔABC Two circles are drawn while taking AB and AC as the diameter. Let they intersect each other at D and let D not lie on BC. Join AD. ∠ADB=90∘ (Angle subtended by semi - circle) ∠ADC=90∘ (Angle subtended by semi - circle) ∠BDC=∠ADB+∠ADC=90∘+90∘=180∘ Therefore, BDC is a straight line and hence, our assumption was wrong. Thus, point D lies on third side BC of ΔABC .