Build a Triangle III
- Author:
- Judah L Schwartz
Given: two perpendicular line segments (blue, green) whose lengths are fixed and known. Given also an angle of fixed size (purple). Is it
{always, sometimes, never}
possible to build a triangle such that one of the line segments forms a side and the other
an altitude to that side drawn from the purple angle?
What questions could / would you put to your student based on this applet?
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