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Problem 453 from Connelly's corpus: Ec, Hb, N


Problem

Given a point Ec, a point Hb and a point N, construct the triangle ABC.

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is locus dependent.

Illustration

Figure of construction

Solution


  1. 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

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

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

    % DET: points Ec and N are not the same

  4. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the line m(HbHa), the point N and the point Ec, construct a point Mc (rule W05a);

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

    % DET: points Ec and Mc must be different

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

    % NDG: points Hb and Ec are not the same

  6. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the circle k(Ec,C), the point Hb, the point N and the point Ec, construct a point Ha (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 Hb and Ha must be different

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

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

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

    % DET: points A and Hb are not the same

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

    % DET: points Ha and B are not the same

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

    % NDG: lines b and a are not parallel

    % DET: lines b and a are not the same

animation
Construction in GCLC language

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