PRINCIPIA · THEOREM
Thales' theorem — the inscribed angle on a diameter is 90°
Depends on: inscribed angle = central angle / 2 (Central angle is twice the inscribed angle on the same arc).
Statement
Let be any circle, one of its diameters, and any point on the circle other than and . Then the inscribed angle
In other words, as slides along the circle (without coinciding with the endpoints), is always a right angle — this is the famous Thales circle.

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