30. Construct a Triangle ABC Given the Length of AB, the Angle at C and the Difference of the Other Two Sides

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This Demonstration shows how to construct a triangle given the length
of side
, the opposite angle
at
and the difference of the lengths of the other two sides
.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (April 2018)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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The problem was posed in [1, section IX, problem 2, solution pp. 291–292] and in [2, problem 2, p. 143].
References
[1] M. Bland, Geometrical Problems Deducible from the First Six Books of Euclid, Arranged and Solved, Cambridge: J. Smith, 1819.
[2] M. Bland and A. Wiegand, Geometrische Aufgaben für Hohëre Lehranstalten, Braunschweig: Schewetschke und Sohn, 1865. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101076800687;view=1up;seq=143.
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