Question

Elena is trying to draw a triangle with side lengths 4 cm, 3 cm, and 5 cm. She uses her ruler to draw a 4 cm line segment AB. She uses her compass to draw a circle around point B with radius 3 cm She draws another circle, around point A with radius 5 cm. What should Elena do next? Explain how she can finish drawing the triangle?

Answer 1

All you have to do is find where the two circles intersect with each other ( where they meet ) and then draw your 5cm line from A to the intersection and the 3cm line from B to the intersection.

It should form a triangle*.

* The image should help you.

Answer 2

Elena should put a point where the two circles intersect and draw line segments connecting that point to points A and B to finish her triangle.