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Problem 442 from Connelly's corpus: Ha, Ec, Mc


Problem

Given a point Ha, a point Ec and a point Mc, construct the triangle ABC.

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is locus dependent.

Illustration

Figure of construction

Solution


  1. Using the point Ec and the point Mc, construct a line m(HbHa) (rule W02);

    % DET: points Ec and Mc are not the same

  2. Using the point Ec and the point Mc, construct a line m(EcMc) (rule W14);

    % DET: points Ec and Mc are not the same

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

    % NDG: lines m(EcMc) and m(HbHa) are not parallel

    % DET: lines m(EcMc) and m(HbHa) are not the same

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

    % NDG: points Ec and N are not the same

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

  6. Using the point Ha and the point Ec, construct a circle k(Ec,C) (rule W06);

    % NDG: points Ha and Ec are not the same

  7. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the circle k(Ec,C), the point Ha, the point N and the point Ec, construct a point Hb (rule W08);

    % NDG: circles k(N,Ma) and k(Ec,C) intersect

    % DET: circles k(N,Ma) and k(Ec,C) are not the same points Ha and Hb must be different

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

  9. Using the point A and the point Mc, construct a point B (rule W01);

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

    % DET: points A and Ha are not the same

  11. Using the point Hb and the point B, construct a line hb (rule W02);

    % DET: points Hb and B are not the same

  12. Using the line ha and the line hb, construct a point H (rule W03);

    % NDG: lines ha and hb are not parallel

    % DET: lines ha and hb are not the same

  13. Using the point Ec and the point H, construct a point C (rule W01);

animation
Construction in GCLC language

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