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	COMPASS BEARING		2010-09-22
		From Vivinne: Three boys, Isaac, Alex and Ken are standing in different parts of a football field.Isaac is standing 100m North of Alex. Ken is 120m East of Alex. Find the compass bearing of Ken from Isaac. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Dividing a segment into 3 congruent parts		2007-10-30
		From Carolyn: I am doing construction. I have a line segment drawn. I need to divide a segment into 3 congruent part. How do I do that? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Constructing figures		2005-09-20
		From Kim: I would like to know how to draw different shapes: Regular Octagon with sides of length, 1 unit Equilateral Triangles, with sides of length 1 unit Regular Hexagons, with sides of length 1 unit Isoseles Triangles, with hypotenuse of length 1 unit Answered by Penny Nom.
	A ruler and compass construction		2003-06-29
		From Mandy: I have been searching for instructions on how to do this using a compass. Can you please send instructions step by step on how to bisect a segment into any given number of segments. (example, a way that it will work for bisecting segment into 3, 4, or even 5 congruent parts) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Construct a pentagon		2002-12-12
		From Mary: We were wondering what the instructions/formula, step-by-step, is to make a pentagon. Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Compass points		2002-11-05
		From Mhairi: I was asked this in maths but I am not sure if it is geography. Name all the compass points? We have been given 8 but he told us there is more and we have to name them. Answered by Chris Fisher.
	Constructing the square root of 3		2002-06-07
		From Allan: I am a Math 7/8 teacher. I was wondering how you would show a student how to find the exact location of the square root of three on the number line using just a compass and a straight edge. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Vector Problem		2000-11-27
		From Ben: An aircraft can fly 260km/h in still air and the wind is blowing at 70km/h towards the West. In what direction should the aircraft head so that its actual velocity is on a bearing of 030 degrees? Answered by Harley Weston.

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