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The right angled triangle circumcenter lies at the _______ of hypotenuse.
A.Inside
B.Outside
C.Midpoint
D.opposite

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Hint: Circumcenter is the center of the circle circumscribed on the right angle triangle. A right angle triangle is a triangle whose one angle is 90 . The hypotenuse of the right angled triangle will make 90 angle at any given point on the circumference of the circle. So the hypotenuse of the right triangle will act as a diameter of the circle.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Let PQR be the Right angled triangle in which Q=90 , PR is the hypotenuse, PQ is the Perpendicular and QR is the base of the triangle. We know that diameter makes a right angle at any point on the circumference of the circle.
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We see from the diagram that If Q is a given point on the circumference of the circle then PR is the diameter of the circle as Q=90. And if the PR is the diameter of the circle then its centre O will be the center of the circle. It is the midpoint of the hypotenuse. So for a right angled triangle, the circumcenter lies at midpoint of the hypotenuse.
Hence the correct answer is C.

Note: Some properties of circumcenter are-
All the vertices of a triangle are at equal distance from the circumcenter.
The circumcenter lies inside the triangle in an acute angled triangle.
The circumcenter outside the triangle is an obtuse angled triangle.