% fig-iii-31.tex — III.31: angle in a semicircle is right. \begin{figure}[H] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.1, line cap=round] \coordinate (O) at (0, 0); \def\r{2} \draw[thin] (O) circle (\r); \coordinate (A) at (-\r, 0); \coordinate (B) at ( \r, 0); % Diameter AB. \draw[very thick] (A) -- (B); \coordinate (C) at ({\r*cos(70)}, {\r*sin(70)}); \draw[very thick] (A) -- (C) -- (B); % Right angle marker at C. \coordinate (Cm1) at ($(C)!0.25!(A)$); \coordinate (Cm2) at ($(C)!0.25!(B)$); \coordinate (Cmid) at ($(Cm1)!0.5!(Cm2)$); \draw[thin] (Cm1) -- ($(Cm1)+(Cm2)-(C)$) -- (Cm2); \node[left] at (A) {$A$}; \node[right] at (B) {$B$}; \node[above] at (C) {$C$}; \node[below] at (O) {$O$}; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Proposition III.31. For any point $C$ on the circle (not at $A$ or $B$), the inscribed angle $\angle ACB$ subtending the diameter $AB$ is a right angle. Proof: by I.5 applied to the two isoceles triangles $OAC$ and $OCB$, then I.32.} \label{fig:III.31} \end{figure}