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The circle meets the angle at two points: one on each leg. Using each of these points as a center, draw two circles of the same size. The intersection of the circles (two points) determines a line that is the angle bisector. The proof of the correctness of this construction is fairly intuitive, relying on the symmetry of the problem.
To construct the perpendicular bisector of the line segment between two points requires two circles, each centered on an endpoint and passing through the other endpoint (operation 2). The intersection points of these two circles (operation 4) are equidistant from the endpoints. The line through them (operation 1) is the perpendicular bisector.
Constructing the perpendicular bisector from a segment; Finding the midpoint of a segment. Drawing a perpendicular line from a point to a line. Bisecting an angle; Mirroring a point in a line; Constructing a line through a point tangent to a circle; Constructing a circle through 3 noncollinear points; Drawing a line through a given point ...
The perpendicular bisectors of all chords of a circle are concurrent at the center of the circle. The lines perpendicular to the tangents to a circle at the points of tangency are concurrent at the center. All area bisectors and perimeter bisectors of a circle are diameters, and they are concurrent at the circle's center.
When the intersection of a sphere and a plane is not empty or a single point, it is a circle. This can be seen as follows: Let S be a sphere with center O, P a plane which intersects S. Draw OE perpendicular to P and meeting P at E. Let A and B be any two different points in the intersection.
The perpendicular bisector construction can be reversed ... Plane Geometry Problems, vol. 1 ... The Perpendicular Bisector Construction, the Isoptic Point and the ...
Then you will have one of two cases. [3] Case 1: a is perpendicular to a' In this case, we already have the line perpendicular to a through A. [3] Case 2: a and a' are not perpendicular to each other. Using a hyperbolic ruler, construct a line BI such that BI is perpendicular to a and parallel to a'.
The point P is the inversion point of Q; the polar is the line through P that is perpendicular to the line containing O, P and Q. If point R is the inverse of point P then the lines perpendicular to the line PR through one of the points is the polar of the other point (the pole). Poles and polars have several useful properties: