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Re: EASY 5 POINTED STAR (was Patriotic Lesson)

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From: Mark Alexander (malexander06_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 18:24:40 PDT

Thanks. I thought I had done one with someone where we didn't have to find the 72 degrees first. Seems to me there is a way to set the compass by matching it to a pair of line intersections on a circle, but I can't remember how we did it, or if maybe it was a six pointed star, like those mandata-like Penn Dutch hex symbols. I guru I should get out those old geometry books!

Mark
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  From: AnMStringe@aol.com
  To: ArtsEdNet Talk
  Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:12 PM
  Subject: Re: EASY 5 POINTED STAR (was Patriotic Lesson)

  Mark,
  Make a circle with compass.
  Set compass for 72 degrees.
  Start at any place on circle, mark arcs crossing circle , move point of compass to arc, mark second arc, move around circle until you return to the beginning,
  Connect all points to create star
  This probably does not make sense until you begin.
  Remember 72 x 5 = 360.
  You can also do similar with a protractor.
  Ann in Georgia ---
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