Instructions for How to Intersect Circles on a Kite
A kite is a polygon whose two pairs of adjacent sides each share a length. The kite is symmetrical across a single axis and has diagonals that intersect at right angles. The most common method for constructing the shape therefore involves using a protractor to measure the angles of the lines you draw. Yet you can also draw a kite using only a compass and a ruler. All points on a circle’s circumference are equidistant from its center, so the shape that connects the circles’ intersection and center points satisfies a kite’s properties.
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Instructions
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Open the compass's jaws to the length you want for the kite's longer sides.
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Place the compass's spike on the paper, and rotate its other arm to draw the first circle.
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Tighten the compass's jaws to the length you want for the kite's shorter sides.
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Place the compass's spike outside of the circle that you have drawn but close enough so that its other arm can cross the circle twice. Draw the second circle.
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Draw lines connecting the first circle's center point to each of the points of intersection of the two circles.
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Draw lines connecting the second circle's center point to those same points of intersection. The quadrilateral you have constructed is a kite.
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