The Plemelj Construction of a Triangle: 4
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This Demonstration constructs a triangle given the length
of its base
, the length
of the altitude from
to
and the difference
between the angles at
and
.
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner (August 2017)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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For the history of this problem, references and a photograph of Plemelj's first solution, see The Plemelj Construction of a Triangle: 1.
Reference
[1] Euclid, Elements, Vol. 1, New York: Dover Publications, 1956 pp. 311–312.
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