Chapter Constructions
Example 21.14
Using a ruler and
a) Construct
| AB1 = 6
ZBAC
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6 cm
m not drawn to scale
lution
Fig 21.35
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The side of a tricingle ore in the said
bisilo. If the perimeter of the traengle
288cm find the whole
a shortest side
3
and a pair of compasses only:
ct a triangle ABC such that
=10.4 cm, ZBAC = 90° and
BC=30°
using (i) above and any additional
nes, determine a point P on BC which is
equidistant from A and B.
olution
i) Refer to Fig 21.36. Note that
means angle BAC with the angle at
ii) The point is equidistant from
Therefore the locus of the po
bisector ofline AB but the point
be on BC. Therefore Pis
of line BC ar​