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A circle touching one side of a triangle and the extensions of the other two sides is called what?
AInscribed circle
BCircumscribed circle
CEscribed circle
DNine-point circle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Escribed circle
A circle lying outside the triangle and tangent to one side and the extended other two sides is an excircle.
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