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Let be a quadrilateral with perpendicular polygon diagonals. The midpoints of the sides ( , , , and ) determine a parallelogram (the Varignon parallelogram) with sides parallel to the polygon
diagonals. The eight-point circle passes through the four midpoints and the four feet of the perpendiculars from the opposite sides , , , and .
Brand, L. "The Eight-Point Circle and the Nine-Point Circle." Amer.
Math. Monthly 51, 84-85, 1944.
Honsberger, R. Mathematical Gems II. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer.,
pp. 11-13, 1976.
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