Drawing a triangle
A compass can be used to draw a triangle.
Draw a triangle ABC with side lengths of 6 cm, 5 cm and 4 cm.
Draw a triangle ABC with side lengths of 6 cm, 5 cm and 4 cm.
- First, draw one side of the triangle, or the line segment AB.
- Use the end points of the line segment (points A and B) as the central points of two circular arcs. Draw two circular arcs, the radii of which are the same length as the two remaining sides of the triangle.
- Connect the intersection point C of the two arcs to the endpoints of the line segment AB.