Technical Drawing - Exam Papers - Higher - 1998 - Paper 1

Question 2

Fig. 1 shows an irregular pentagon ABCDE. The triangle ABC is similar to the triangle ACD. The area of the triangle ADE is equal to 1.5 times the area of the quadrilateral ABCD.

(a) Draw the given figure showing all constructions clearly.

(b) Divide the area of the pentagon ABCDE into three equal parts by drawing a straight line from C and another straight line from E.