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I know how to construct a triangle with 3 given lenghts using compass, but a kite, which supposedly has 4 sides and we are gicen lenghts to 3?
Im trying to remember exactly what lenghts were given in the practise paper today but they were something like this:
Two side were 6cm and 4.8 and the length of the shorter diagonal was 4.2cm. If these lenghts seem impossible to do, then could someone explain to me how i'd go about this question?

2007-11-05 07:51:08 · 3 answers · asked by Starmate 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

3 answers

A kite is symmetric so if you have two different side lengths, you have the length of all four sides.

Think of a kite as two isosceles triangles sharing the third (non-identical) side.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Kite.html

So all you have to do is construct two triangles, each with known side lengths.

2007-11-06 16:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by simplicitus 7 · 0 0

How To Construct A Kite

2016-11-07 06:09:23 · answer #2 · answered by piano 4 · 0 0

you draw a circle with your angle at the center you mesure with the ruler the space between the two lines of your angle when they cross the circle. Divide that space by 3 and draw the lines between each of your 2 new points of rope the and the center of the circle

2016-03-13 21:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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