MATHEMATICS FORM 2 CHAPTER 7: GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION

ACTIVITY 1
HOW TO:
Construct a line segment of given length.

i) Line segment of AB=5cm







ii) Line segment of AB=4.5cm



Construct a triangle given the length of the sides.

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MATHEMATICS FORM 2 CHAPTER 7: GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION


Construct:

a) perpendicular bisector of a given line segment

i) ii)






b) perpendicular to a line passing through a point on the line

i) ii)












c) perpendicular to a line passing through a point not on the line.
i) ii)







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MATHEMATICS FORM 2 CHAPTER 7: GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION


Activity 4: Construct:

a) angle of 60 and 120
i) ii)





b) Bisector of an angle.

i) Ii)




How to construct:
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MATHEMATICS FORM 2 CHAPTER 7: GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION


Activity 5: Constructing triangles of given sides and angles
1. TWO ANGLE AND ONE SIDE
(a) PQR with QR= 2.5 cm, PQR = 45 90 PRQ and .

(b) Isosceles triangle PQR with QR= 4cm and PQR = 30 PRQ .


2. ONE ANGLE AND TWO SIDE
(a) PQR with QR=3cm , PQ=4cm and

(b) PQR with QR=2.5cm , PQ=4cm and


Activity 6
1. Parallel line
Construct a parallel line to AB and that passes through point P.

(a) (b)













2. Parallelogram
Construct parallelogram.

(a) Parallelogram PQRS with PQ=4cm , PS= 3cm and
(b) Rhombus PQRS with sides =3.5 cm and


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