Consider line segment . Let be the midpoint of line segment . Points and exist such that and are right triangles with right angles at points and , respectively. Find .
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As △ A B D is a right triangle, it can be inscribed in a semicircle with its hypotenuse A B as its diameter and D on the circumference of the corresponding circumscribing circle. Likewise for △ A B E , which shares a hypotenuse, and hence a circumscribing circle, with point E on its circumference. Point C is therefore the center of the corresponding circle and points D and E are on the circle, thus C D and C E are both radii of the circle with center C . Therefore these segments are congruent, giving C D − C E = 0 .