SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: A cyclic quadrilateral has sides 5 cm, 4 cm, 7 cm, and 10 cm. Find the area of the quadrilateral. Find also the radius of the circumscribed ci

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A cyclic quadrilateral has sides 5 cm, 4 cm, 7 cm, and 10 cm. Find the area of the quadrilateral. Find also the radius of the circumscribed circle.

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, AnlytcPhil:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A cyclic quadrilateral has sides 5 cm, 4 cm, 7 cm, and 10 cm. Find the area of the quadrilateral. Find also the radius of the circumscribed circle.
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More than 1 quadrilateral can be made with only the side lengths given.
An infinite #, actually.

Answer by AnlytcPhil(1806)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The other tutor doesn't understand the problem.  He doesn't
know that a cyclic quadrilateral is a quadrilateral with all
four vertices lying on a circle:





We use Brahmagupta's formula to find the area of
the cyclic quadrilateral.

 where ,

and 

a=5, b=4, c=7, and d=10

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To find the radius.

Parameshvara's formula for the radius of the circumscribed circle is



We have already calculated the denominator above as 1296, so we have




Edwin

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