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Problem 254 from Connelly's corpus: Hb, Ea, Ma


Problem

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

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is locus dependent.

Illustration

Figure of construction

Solution


  1. Using the point Ea and the point Ma, construct a line m(HbHc) (rule W02);

    % DET: points Ea and Ma are not the same

  2. Using the point Ea and the point Ma, construct a line m(EaMa) (rule W14);

    % DET: points Ea and Ma are not the same

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

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

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

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

    % NDG: points Ea and N are not the same

  5. Choose freely a point Hb on the circle k(N,Ma) (rule WOncircle)

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

    % NDG: points Hb and Ea are not the same

  7. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the circle k(Ea,A), the point Hb, the point N and the point Ea, construct a point Hc (rule W08);

    % NDG: circles k(N,Ma) and k(Ea,A) intersect

    % DET: circles k(N,Ma) and k(Ea,A) are not the same points Hb and Hc 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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