Plane Figures

Polygon Circumscribed About a Circle

Polygon whose sides are tangent to a curve.

Properties

  • A polygon that can be circumscribed about a circle is called a circumscribable polygon.
  • All regular polygons are circumscribable about a circle.

Example

This is a quadrilateral circumscribed about a circle:

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