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I think those two theorem are two of the most complicated formulas I have ever seen; please prove it because I am not able to find proofs on the internet:

It is known that if the sides of an inscribed quadrilateral $ABCD$ (that is in the order $AB,BC,CD,DA$) have lengths $a,b,c,d$ respectively and $p$ is the semi perimeter of the quadrilatral, then:

Theorem 1: The length of diagonal $AC$ of the quadrilatral is equal to $$\sqrt{\frac{(ac+bd)(ad+bc)}{ab+cd}}\;.$$

Theorem 2: The radius of the circle that contains all the vertices of the quadrilateral is equal to $$\frac14\sqrt{\frac{(ab+cd)(ac+bd)(ad+bc)}{(p-a)(p-b)(p-c)(p-d)}}\;.$$

By the way, has anyone seen those theorems in a geometry textbook with solution?

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Did you check out the references (4 and 11) in the wiki page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_quadrilateral? – Aryabhata Jan 26 '12 at 19:51
There are also some relevant formulas with some derivations at mathworld.wolfram.com/CyclicQuadrilateral.html – Isaac Feb 3 '12 at 4:12

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