GeoGebra Basic Construction 7 – Rhombus

This is the seventh tutorial in the GeoGebra Basic Construction Series. If you are not familiar with GeoGebra, you may want to read the Introduction to GeoGebra post and prior tutorials in the series. They contain the pre-requisites of this tutorial.

In the tutorial below, menu commands, located in the menu bar, are in green bold text, and submenus are denoted by the > symbol. For example, Options>Labeling> New Points Only means, click the Options menu, choose Labeling from the list, then select New Points Only. The tool texts are colored orange. For example, New Point means the new point tool.

In this tutorial, we construct a rhombus using a circle. Although, we have already discussed how to construct a rhombus,  the method used in this  construction is different.  In this tutorial, we construct a rhombus mimicking compass and straightedge construction.

Rhombus - GeoGebra

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GeoGebra Tutorial 2 – Constructing an Equilateral Triangle

This is the second tutorial of the GeoGebra Intermediate Tutorial Series. If this is your first time to use GeoGebra, please read the GeoGebra Essentials Series.  This tutorial, answers the following problem using GeoGebra.

Note: This tutorial has been updated for GeoGebra 4.2.

In the tutorial below, menu commands, located in the menu bar, are in brown bold text, and submenus are denoted by the > symbol. For example, Options>Labeling> New Points Only means, click the Options menu, choose Labeling from the list, then select New Points Only. The GeoGebra tools are denoted by orange texts. For example, New Point means the new point tool.

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