Constructing Inscribed Polygons

In this video I walk you through how to construct 3 popular shapes inscribed in a circle: a square, an equilateral triangle, and a regular hexagon. I also show you how to locate the center of a circle by construction.

[@vanntynann4768]

Thanks for this my mad lad

[@insync245]

thanks, needed this haha

[@RealMikeDobbs]

Glad it helped 👍

[@michaeltoscano4986]

Helped me alot in studying for my construction exam!

[@lexismith6572]

for the first problem arent you supposed to connect to the blue intersections that crossed the perpendicular bisector?

[@RealMikeDobbs]

That's a great question! The intersections I connected in the video are the correct ones. If you connect the "blue intersections that crossed the perpendicular bisector" you would be creating a Rhombus, but not necessarily a square. In order to be a square the diagonals must be perpendicular (why we constructed a perp bisector) AND congruent. The only way to ensure the diagonals are congruent is making them each a diameter of the circle. That's why I connected the intersections with the perp bisector and the circle. Hope that helps!

[@lexismith6572]

Thank you so much!

[@eldanyohannes7824]

Oh my drawing teacher needs to see this

[@RealMikeDobbs]

Oh yeah- you can do some really interesting things with Geometric construction techniques. Thanks for watching and commenting 😄

[@goodbackgroundmusic]

what app are you using to show this lesson? Thank you!

[@RealMikeDobbs]

I am using a program called Smart Notebook. Deigned to work with Smart interactive whiteboards, but you can just run it on a computer

[@uwadiegwuemmanuel8809]

Good one

[@RealMikeDobbs]

Thank you 😀

[@egirlchaser6952]

BRO LOL