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Re: Circle Construction
Posted:
Oct 14, 2003 2:08 PM
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If you have tried to draw a diagram starting with the given line and points
and can't, then I suggest that you draw a diagram starting with the desired
construction and going backward.
That is, draw a circle, then a tangent line to the circle, then a line
perpendicular to the tangent line and going through the circle. Call the
tangent line l and call the points of intersection of the perpendicular
line with the circle A and B.
Best wishes,
Mary Krimmel
At 02:32 AM 10/14/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Can someone please explain to me how this is possible because I can't
>picture it myself. If A, B are points on the same side of line l and
>suppose that AB is perpendicular to l. How do we peove that a circle
>may be constructed passing through A and B and tangent to line l.
>PLease help explain this to me.
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