The diagram represents a plot of land, EFGH, which is to be used for an observatory.

  1. (a)

    Construct the bisector of the angle EHG.

  2. (b)

    Construct the perpendicular bisector of EF.

  3. (c)

    A café is to be built in the observatory, nearer to E than to F and nearer to GH than to EH.

    Shade the region where the café is to be built.

Work through it with AI →

It won't just hand you the answer — it asks where you're stuck.How the checker works

Worked solution

17(a)

1. Construct equal arcs from the vertex $H$ on both arms of the angle.

With centre HH, draw an arc cutting HEHE at AA and HGHG at BB.

2. Locate a point on the angle bisector and draw the bisector.

With centres AA and BB and the same radius, draw arcs to meet at CC inside ∠EHG\angle EHG. Join HH to CC. The line HCHC is the required angle bisector.

Answer

The angle bisector of ∠EHG\angle EHG is the ray from HH drawn between HEHE and HGHG so that it divides ∠EHG\angle EHG into two equal angles.

17(b)

1. Construct two equal-radius arcs from $E$ and $F$ to locate points equidistant from $E$ and $F$.

Set the compass radius to more than half of EFEF. With centre EE, draw arcs above and below EFEF. Using the same radius and centre FF, draw arcs to cut the first pair of arcs at two points.

2. Draw the perpendicular bisector through the two arc intersection points.

Join the two points of intersection of the arcs with a straight line. This line is the perpendicular bisector of EFEF.

Answer

The perpendicular bisector of EFEF is the straight line through the midpoint of EFEF and at right angles to EFEF.

17(c)

1. Identify and shade the region satisfying both distance conditions.

From part (b), the perpendicular bisector of EFEF divides the plot into points nearer to EE and points nearer to FF. Keep the side containing EE.

From part (a), the angle bisector of ∠EHG\angle EHG divides the points inside ∠EHG\angle EHG into points nearer to EHEH and points nearer to GHGH. Keep the side nearer to GHGH.

Shade the overlap of these two regions inside quadrilateral EFGHEFGH.

Answer

Shade the part of the plot EFGHEFGH that is on the EE side of the perpendicular bisector of EFEF and on the GHGH side of the angle bisector of ∠EHG\angle EHG.

AI analysis — may contain mistakes.

Worked this one out on paper? Snap your steps and Gigle's AI math checker will circle the step where it went wrong.

More questions on this topic

  1. 1In this scale drawing, A, B and C are three corners of a park ABCD with C due north of B. Construct the perpendicular bi…
  2. 2In the scale drawing, PQRS represents a plot of land, which is to be used for a park. Scale 1 cm to 0.5 km Find the actu…
  3. 3The diagram shows a line segment PQ. Construct the perpendicular bisector of PQ, showing your constructions clearly. Ans…
  4. 4The diagram shows a quadrilateral PQRS. construct the perpendicular bisector of SR such that it meets PQ at point Z. Mar…
  5. 5已知三个点A(0,0)A(0,0),B(2,0)B(2,0),C(4,2)C(4,2),则△ABC\triangle ABC的外心的纵坐标是()(\quad) A. 32\dfrac{3}{2} B. 33 C. 52\dfrac{5}{2}…