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Square Inscribed in a Circle

Learn how to draw a perfect square using only a compass and a ruler. All you need is paper, compass, ruler and a pencil.

Square construction with compass and ruler

Instructions

The animation below shows step by step how to draw a square inscribed in a circle:

Animation: square inscribed in a circle

Image credit: Aldoaldoz [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

More About the Square

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Fórmula del Área del Cuadrado

Square Area
Formula
Fórmula del Perímetro del Cuadrado

Square Perimeter
Formula
Ángulos del Cuadrado

Interior and
Exterior Angles
Construcción del Cuadrado con Compás y Regla

Compass-and-Ruler
Construction
Diagonales del Cuadrado

Diagonals
and Formulas
Propiedades del Cuadrado

Properties
Calculadora del Área del Cuadrado

Square Area
Calculator
Calculadora del Perímetro del Cuadrado

Square Perimeter
Calculator
El Cuadrado en la Arquitectura

Squares in
Architecture

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