Construction Of A Pentagon On A Line
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An illustration showing how to construct a pentagon on a given line. “From B erect BC perpendicular to and half the length of AB; join A and C prolonged to D; with C as center and CB as radius, draw the arc BD; then the chord BB is the radius of the circle circumscribing the pentagon. With A and B as centers, and BD as radius, draw the cross O in the center.”
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geometry, circle, circles, radius, tangent, center, Circumference, geometric construction, construct, circumscribed pentagon, pentagon on a lineGalleries
Geometric ConstructionsSource
Albert A. Hopkins Scientific America: Handy Book Of Facts And Formulas (New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1918) 37
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