triangle - Maple Help
For the best experience, we recommend viewing online help using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.
Our website is currently undergoing maintenance, which may result in occasional errors while browsing. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and are working swiftly to restore full functionality. Thank you for your patience.

Online Help

All Products    Maple    MapleSim


geometry

  

triangle

  

define a triangle

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

triangle(T, [A, B, C], n)

triangle(T, [l1, l2, l3], n)

triangle(T, [side1, side2, side3])

triangle(T, [side1, 'angle'=theta, side3], n)

Parameters

T

-

the name of the triangle

A, B, C

-

three points

l1, l2, l3

-

three lines

side1, side2, side3

-

three sides of the triangle

side1, 'angle'=theta, side3

-

side1 and side3 are the two sides of the triangle, and theta is the angle between them

n

-

(optional) list of two names representing the names of the horizontal-axis and vertical-axis respectively

Description

• 

A triangle is a polygon having three sides. A vertex of a triangle is a point at which two of the sides meet.

• 

A triangle T can be defined as follows:

– 

from three given points A, B, C.

– 

from three given lines l1, l2, l3.

– 

from the sides of the triangle.

– 

from the two sides of the triangle and the angle between them.

• 

To access the information relating to a triangle T, use the following function calls:

form(T)

returns the form of the geometric object (i.e., triangle2d if T is a triangle).

HorizontalName(T)

returns the name of the horizontal-axis; or FAIL if the axis is not assigned a name.

VerticalName(T)

returns the name of the vertical-axis; or FAIL if the axis is not assigned a name.

method(T)

the method to define the triangle T. They are points if T is defined from three points or three lines. sides if T is defined from three sides. angle if T is defined from two sides, and the angle between them.

DefinedAs(T)

returns the list of three vertices of T if T is defined from three points or three lines. the list of three sides of T if T is defined from three sides. the list of two sides and an angle in between if T is defined that way.

detail(T)

returns a detailed description of the triangle T.

• 

The command with(geometry,triangle) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withgeometry:

define three points A0,0,B1,1, and C1,0

pointA,0,0,pointB,1,1,pointC,1,0:

define the triangle T1 that has A,B,C as its vertices

triangleT1,A,B,C

T1

(1)

typeT1,triangle2d

true

(2)

methodT1

points

(3)

mapcoordinates,DefinedAsT1

0,0,1,1,1,0

(4)

define three lines l1,l2,l3 as follows:

linel1,y=0,x,y,linel2,y=x,x,y,linel3,x+y2=0,x,y:

define the triangle T2 from three lines l1,l2,l3:

triangleT2,l1,l2,l3:

mapcoordinates,DefinedAsT2

0,0,2,0,1,1

(5)

define the triangle T3 from three sides:

triangleT3,3,3,3:

detailT3

name of the objectT3form of the objecttriangle2dmethod to define the trianglesidesthe three sides of the triangle3,3,3

(6)

check if T3 is a equilateral triangle

IsEquilateralT3

true

(7)

define the triangle T4 from two sides and the angle between them:

triangleT4,2,angle=π2,1:

methodT4

angle

(8)

DefinedAsT4

2,angle=π2,1

(9)

areaT4

1

(10)

See Also

geometry/objects

geometry[altitude]

geometry[area]

geometry[AreConjugate]

geometry[AreSimilar]

geometry[bisector]

geometry[centroid]

geometry[circumcircle]

geometry[EulerCircle]

geometry[EulerLine]

geometry[excircle]

geometry[ExternalBisector]

geometry[GergonnePoint]

geometry[HorizontalName]

geometry[incircle]

geometry[IsEquilateral]

geometry[IsRightTriangle]

geometry[medial]

geometry[median]

geometry[NagelPoint]

geometry[orthocenter]

geometry[sides]

geometry[SimsonLine]

geometry[VerticalName]