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Problem 271 from Connelly's corpus: Ea, I, Ma


Problem

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

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is solvable.

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 I and the point Ma, construct a line IMa (rule W02);

    % DET: points I and Ma are not the same

  3. Using the point I and the point Ma, construct a circle k_over(I,Ma) (rule W09);

    % NDG: points I and Ma are not the same

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

    % DET: points Ea and Ma are not the same

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Using the point I, the circle k(N,Ma), the point N and the point Ea, construct a circle k(I,Pa) (rule W22);

    % NDG: point I is inside the circle k(N,Ma) points I and N are not the same

  8. Using the circle k(I,Pa) and the circle k_over(I,Ma), construct a point Pa and a point Afi (rule W07);

    % NDG: circles k(I,Pa) and k_over(I,Ma) intersect

    % DET: circles k(I,Pa) and k_over(I,Ma) are not the same

  9. Using the point Pa and the point Ma, construct a point P`a (rule W01);

  10. Using the circle k(I,Pa), the point Ma and the point I, construct a line x1 and a line a (rule W12);

    % NDG: point Ma is outside the circle k(I,Pa)

  11. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the line a, the point N and the point Ma, construct a point Ha (rule W05);

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

    % DET: points Ma and Ha must be different

  12. Using the point Ha and the point Ea, construct a line ha (rule W02);

    % DET: points Ha and Ea are not the same

  13. Using the point Ma and the line a, construct a line ma (rule W10b);

  14. Using the point P`a and the line IMa, construct a line AP`a (rule W16);

  15. Using the line AP`a and the line ha, construct a point A (rule W03);

    % NDG: lines AP`a and ha are not parallel

    % DET: lines AP`a and ha are not the same

  16. Using the point I and the point A, construct a line sa (rule W02);

    % DET: points I and A are not the same

  17. Using the line ma and the line sa, construct a point Na (rule W03);

    % NDG: lines ma and sa are not parallel

    % DET: lines ma and sa are not the same

  18. Using the point I and the point Na, construct a circle k(Na,C) (rule W06);

    % NDG: points I and Na are not the same

  19. Using the circle k(Na,C) and the line a, construct a point C and a point B (rule W04);

    % NDG: line a and circle k(Na,C) intersect

animation
Construction in GCLC language

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