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Problem 252 from Connelly's corpus: Hb, Ea, Hc


Problem

Given a point Hb, a point Ea and a point Hc, construct the triangle ABC.

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is locus dependent.

Illustration

Figure of construction

Solution


  1. Using the point Hc and the point Ea, construct a circle k(Ea,A) (rule W06);

    % NDG: points Hc and Ea are not the same

  2. Choose freely a point Hb on the circle k(Ea,A) (rule WOncircle)

  3. Using the point Hb and the point Ea, construct a line m(HbEa) (rule W14);

    % DET: points Hb and Ea are not the same

  4. Using the point Hb and the point Hc, construct a line m(HbHc) (rule W14);

    % DET: points Hb and Hc are not the same

  5. Using the line m(HbHc) and the line m(HbEa), construct a point N (rule W03);

    % NDG: lines m(HbHc) and m(HbEa) are not parallel

    % DET: lines m(HbHc) and m(HbEa) are not the same

  6. Using the point Hb and the point N, construct a circle k(N,Ma) (rule W06);

    % NDG: points Hb and N are not the same

  7. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the line m(HbHc), the point N and the point Ea, construct a point Ma (rule W05a);

    % NDG: line m(HbHc) and circle k(N,Ma) intersect

    % DET: points Ea and Ma must be different

  8. Choose freely a point A on the circle k(Ea,A) (rule WOncircle)

  9. Using the point A and the point Ea, construct a point H (rule W01);

  10. Using the point A and the point Hb, construct a line b (rule W02);

    % DET: points A and Hb are not the same

  11. Using the point Hc and the point H, construct a line hc (rule W02);

    % DET: points Hc and H are not the same

  12. Using the line b and the line hc, construct a point C (rule W03);

    % NDG: lines b and hc are not parallel

    % DET: lines b and hc are not the same

  13. Using the point Ma and the point C, construct a point B (rule W01);

animation
Construction in GCLC language

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