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First think: 'why do the points lie on a
circle?' We should not take for granted
that they do so we must first prove
it.
Draw the perpendicular bisectors of the
line segments
and
, then the intersection of the
perpendicular bisectors is
equidistant from
,
and
and
thus it is the centre of the
circle with
and
as chords.
All the perpendicular bisectors of the
line segments in the path
will meet in a single point
equidistant
from the endpoints of the line segments.
Therefore all the line segments are chords
of a single circle with centre
.
The angle of turn between the equal
chords
and
in the path
is
. Triangles
and
are isosceles and
.
Then (using angles on a straight line
and angles in a triangle)
.
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