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Fun with Triangles - SSS - a Walk in the Park
This Challenge should be very easy for those who have been following the Triangle Challenges.
Using Xara, construct a triangle of sides 200px, 400px and 400px, in the simplest way possible without calculation.
In your answer, advise the perimeter of your triangle, using Xara's P reading.
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Acorn
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Acorn
This Challenge should be very easy for those who have been following the Triangle Challenges.
Using Xara, construct a triangle of sides 200px, 400px and 400px, in the simplest way possible without calculation.
In your answer, advise the perimeter of your triangle, using Xara's P reading.
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Acorn
This could be one way...
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Re: Fun with Triangles - SSS - a Walk in the Park
Marco, a good approach.
I did, however, put a slight cheat into the question by making the required triangle isosceles; two sides with the same length.
I made so with one constructor circle.
Answer later to allow others to beat us both.
Acorn
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As it is a quiet Sunday, my solution is as follows:
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- Draw a Red 100 x 400px rectangle.
- Centre a Green circle with radius matching the width of the rectangle.
- Intersect both.
- Delete the top rightmost node.
- Clone Red triangle and flip along its base.
- Combine Add both triangles.
If you want an edge to be horizontal, Ctrl-rotate to the snap point.
Acorn
Re: Fun with Triangles - SSS - a Walk in the Park
After my Step 4, instead of cloning, you could simply increase the 100px to 200px using the Shape tool control box:
5. Select the bottom left node and change its length (L) to 200px.
Acorn
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