Inscribe a square inside a circle

Geometry Level 5

Using a collapsible compass and a straightedge, how many moves are required to construct an inscribed square of a circle, given the circle, its centre and a vertex of the square (this vertex is on the circumference)?


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1 solution

Sharky Kesa
Nov 25, 2016

Let the centre of the circle be O O , and the vertex A A .

  1. Draw a circle centred at A A passing through O O . Let the intersections with the circle be P P and Q Q . (1 move)

  2. Draw a circle centred at P P passing through Q Q . Let it intersect the circle centred at O O again at C C . (2 moves)

  3. Draw line O P OP . Let it intersect the circle centred at P P at E E and F F . (3 moves)

  4. Draw C E CE and C F CF . Let these lines intersect the circle centred at O O at B B and D D . (5 moves)

  5. Draw A B AB and A D AD . (7 moves)

Here, A B C D ABCD is the square we wished to produce, and it took 7 moves.

Just how many people on brilliant have played THAT? XD

If you know what I mean... *wink

Manuel Kahayon - 4 years, 6 months ago

My answer was 8 because given wrre the center of the circle and a vertex on the circle so I drew the cicle first. It is not mentioned that it is already there.

Wim Kerstens - 4 years, 6 months ago

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Sorry, I didn't mention that explicitly. Is that better?

Sharky Kesa - 4 years, 6 months ago

Thank you for the correction.

Wim Kerstens - 4 years, 6 months ago

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