How to draw a star compass

If you need to draw a regular five-pointed star, you can use simple tools - a protractor and a ruler. Harder to portray the star in the absence of the protractor. Here you come to the aid of a normal compass. Arm them, take a sheet of paper and start the assignment.

You will need

• A sheet of paper, compass, ruler, pencil

Instruction

1. With a compass draw on paper a circle of the desired diameter with the center at point O. the Construction of a regular five-pointed star represents a task similar to the writing in the circle a regular Pentagon.
2. Swipe through the circumference of diameter AB, placing it horizontally.
3. Restore the perpendicular CD to the line AB at the point O. To do this, draw circles with centers at the points A and b with the same radius, and then draw a straight line through the points of intersection of these circles.
4. Similarly, divide the interval AO point E in half. For dividing the cut the swipe the circle of the same radius with centers at points A and C. Now connect the points of intersection of the circle line - it will divide the segment exactly in half AO.
5. Swipe from point E the circle of radius CE and find the point F of intersection with the segment AB. Segment CF is the desired segment equal to the side of the inscribed Pentagon.
6. From point C, located at the top of the circle, apply consistently around the entire circumference level so that they are arranged at a distance from each other equal to CF. The circumference will be divided into five equal parts. The exact division is possible only with careful building by using a good compass.
7. Join the circle of the five points in such a way to make a five-pointed star. For this you will need a ruler.
8. If necessary, auxiliary lines inside the circle to erase with an eraser, so they do not spoil the look of a star. You can also delete all the other strokes used in constructing the figure.