Technical Drawing - Exam Papers - Ordinary - 2006 - Paper 1

Question 2

Shown is a quadrilateral ABCD which is divided into two triangles.
The triangle ABC has a perimeter of 320mm and the sides AC and BC are in a ratio of 4:3 respectively.
The triangle ACD is equal in area to the triangle ABC and the sides AD and CD are equal in length.

(a) Draw the given figure, showing clearly the constructions required to locate the points C and D.
Draw a square, which shall have 0.75 times the area of the figure ABCD.

(b) All constructions must be clearly shown on the sheet.