bisector - Maple Help
For the best experience, we recommend viewing online help using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
Our website is currently undergoing maintenance, which may result in occasional errors while browsing. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are working swiftly to restore full functionality. Thank you for your patience.

Online Help

All Products    Maple    MapleSim


geometry

  

bisector

  

find the bisector of a given triangle

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

bisector(bA, A, ABC, P)

Parameters

bA

-

A-bisector of ABC

A

-

vertex of ABC

ABC

-

triangle

P

-

(optional) name

Description

• 

The bisector bA of the angle at A of the triangle ABC is a line segment (or its extension) from vertex A that bisects an angle at A.

• 

If the optional argument P is given, the object returned is a line segment AP where P is the intersection of the bisector at A and the opposite sides.

• 

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

• 

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

• 

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

Examples

withgeometry:

triangleABC,pointA,0,0,pointB,2,0,pointC,1,3:

define the ``line'' bisector bA

bisectorbA,A,ABC

bA

(1)

detailbA

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

name of the objectbAform of the objectline2dequation of the line3_x4+_y210+4=0

(2)

define the ``segment'' bisector bA

bisectorbA,A,ABC,n

bA

(3)

detailbA

name of the objectbAform of the objectsegment2dthe two ends of the segment0,0,210+12+10,62+10

(4)

See Also

geometry[altitude]

geometry[median]