A student was given the following details while constructing a triangle ABC:
The length of the base of the triangle BC, one of the base angles say ∠ B and the sum of the other two sides of the triangle (AB+AC)
He went about the construction of this triangle by first drawing the base of the triangle BC. He then drew an angle at the point B equal to the given angle on a ray that he drew. After completing these steps, he got stuck and doesn’t know what to do next. Which of the following steps will he take up next?
Cut a line segment BD equal to (AB+AC) on that same ray
We have been given the base length and a base angle, which means half the job is already done for us.
We need to draw the base with the given length and draw a ray with an angle = base angle, after that we must cut a line segment BD equal to (AB + AC) on that same ray so as to perpendicularly bisect the ray DC and have AD = AC because A is the point where the perpendicular bisector of ray DC cuts BD.