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Problem 488 from Connelly's corpus: Ec, Mc, N


Problem

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

Status

ArgoTriCS says that the problem is redundant.

Illustration

Figure of construction

Solution


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

    % DET: points Mc and N are not the same

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

    % NDG: points Mc and N are not the same

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

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

    % DET: points Mc and Ec must be different

  4. Choose freely a point A (rule free)

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

  6. Using the point A and the point Mc, construct a line c (rule W02);

    % DET: points A and Mc are not the same

  7. Using the circle k(N,Ma), the line c, the point N and the point Mc, construct a point Hc (rule W05);

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

    % DET: points Mc and Hc must be different

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

    % DET: points Hc and Ec are not the same

  9. Using the point A and the point Mc, construct a circle k(Mc,A) (rule W06);

    % NDG: points A and Mc are not the same

  10. Using the circle k(N,Ma) and the circle k(Mc,A), construct a point Ha and a point Hb (rule W07);

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

    % DET: circles k(N,Ma) and k(Mc,A) are not the same

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

    % DET: points A and Ha are not the same

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

    % NDG: lines hc and ha are not parallel

    % DET: lines hc and ha are not the same

  13. Using the point N and the point H, construct a point G (rule W01);

  14. Using the point Mc and the point G, construct a point C (rule W01);

animation
Construction in GCLC language

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