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The circumcenter of a right triangle is the midpoint of the hypotenuse.

To prove this, consider the triangle ABOABO, where: O=(0,0)O=(0,0) A=(2a,0)A=(2a,0) B=(0,2b)B=(0,2b) M=(a,b)M=(a,b) Notice that MM is the midpoint of the hypotenuse ABAB.

Clearly, MO=MA=MB=a2+b2MO=MA=MB=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}. Thus, MM is equidistant from the vertices, so it is the circumcenter of OABOAB.

Alternatively, the perpendicular bisector of OAOA is the line x=ax=a, and the perpendicular bisector of OBOB is the line y=by=b. These two intersect at MM, which means that MM is the circumcenter of OABOAB.

Of course, there are also synthetic geometry proofs that employ roughly the same principle, but the coordinate method gives us very quick results in this case.

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