Problem:
Given five vertices of a regular heptagon, construct the two remaining vertices using straightedge alone.
Solution
Solution:
Let , and be the known vertices and and the unknown vertices. The arrangement of , and depends on the relative positions of and as shown in the diagram.
By connecting the intersections of with and with one finds , the line of symmetry through . Let and meet in and respectively. By symmetry about and both pass through . Now perform the same construction on to get .
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