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Drawing Figures

8-2 Drawing Figures

This section explains how to use the Geometry application to draw various types of figures. It also explains how to use the geometric construction tools to investigate theorems and properties in Geometry.

Using the Draw Menu

The [Draw] menu makes it easy to draw a variety of different figures. Each [Draw] menu command is also available on the toolbar.

[Draw] menu commands

These [Draw] menu commands correspond to the toolbar shown below.

Toolbar

Point

 

 

 

Line Segment

 

 

 

Infinite Line

 

 

 

Ray

 

Vector

 

 

 

Circle

Arc

 

 

 

Ellipse Axes

Ellipse Foci

 

 

 

Hyperbola

Parabola

 

 

 

Function

Polygon

 

 

 

 

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