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Is it impossible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straightedge?
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Is it possible to trisect any angle using a compass and straightedge?
True
Is it possible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straightedge?
True
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using a straightedge and compass?
No, and the proof was provided by Wantzel in 1837.
Is it possible to trisect a right angle using only straightedge and compass?
Yes and the trisections will form 4 angles of 22.5
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using only a straightedge and a compas?
No
Is it possible to trisect any angle using a compass and straightedge?
True
Is it possible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straightedge?
True
Is possible to trisect any angle using only a compass and straightedge?
As a general rule, no.
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using a straightedge and compass?
No, and the proof was provided by Wantzel in 1837.
Is it possible to trisect a right angle using only straightedge and compass?
Yes and the trisections will form 4 angles of 22.5
Which of these constructions is impossible using only a compass and straightedge-?
Constructions that are impossible using only a compass and straightedge include Trisecting an angle Squaring a circle Doubling a cube
Which constructions is impossible using only a compass and straightedge?
doubling the cube
When you trisect a right angle you first construct what kind of triangle?
To trisect a right angle form an equilateral triangle with one vertex at the right angle and then bisect that angle of the equilateral triangle. (It is impossible to trisect a general angle using only compass and straight edge - the right angle is a specific exception.)
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using only a straightedge and a compas?
No
If I have an answer to the trisect any angle geometry question how can I discover if I am right or wrong?
First things first, the actual statement isn't "you can't trisect an angle" but rather "you can't trisect one with only a compass and straightedge." Some angles can be easily trisected--a 90-degree angle trisects into 30-degree segments-but to do it you need a protractor. Anyway, to check your work measure the angle you trisected and divide by three. If your trisections match, you got it right.
Is it possible to trisect any given angle using only straightedge and a compass?
That's a classic problem that's been around for a very long time.It's been proven that it's not possible to trisect any angle in generalwith those tools, although there are a few specific angles, like aright angle, for which it can be done.
Which tools are necessary to construct a angle bisector?
A compass and a straightedge
