Ptolemy’s theorem
Draw a quadrilateral by pick four arbitrary points on a circle and connecting them cyclically. Now multiply the lengths of the pairs of opposite sides. In the diagram below this means multiplying the lengths of the two horizontal-ish blue sides and the two vertical-ish orange sides. Ptolemy’s theorem says that
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