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==Thales' theorem== {{main|Thales' theorem}} [[Image:thm mediane.svg|thumb|300px|right|Median of a right angle of a triangle]] '''Thales' theorem''' states that if <math>BC</math> is the diameter of a circle and <math>A</math> is any other point on the circle, then <math>\triangle ABC</math> is a right triangle with a right angle at <math>A.</math> The converse states that the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the diameter of its [[circumcircle]]. As a corollary, the circumcircle has its center at the midpoint of the diameter, so the [[median (geometry)|median]] through the right-angled vertex is a radius, and the circumradius is half the length of the hypotenuse.
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