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geometry

  

ExternalBisector

  

find the external bisector of a given triangle

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

ExternalBisector(bA, A, ABC)

Parameters

bA

-

A-external-bisector of ABC

A

-

vertex of ABC

ABC

-

triangle

Description

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The external bisector bA of the angle at A of the triangle ABC is the line perpendicular to the internal bisector of the angle at A.

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For a detailed description of the external bisector bA, use the routine detail (i.e., detail(bA))

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Note that the routine only works if the vertices of the triangle are known.

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The command with(geometry,ExternalBisector) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

define the external bisector bA

(1)

assume that the names of the horizontal and vertical axes are _x and _y, respectively

(2)

(3)

See Also

geometry[altitude]

geometry[bisector]

 


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