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Entry: How to Draw a Pentagram - A12612043
Author: Gnomon - U151503

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Looks like it's well explained to me Gnomon

Has anyone tried to draw a pentagram using this info?

I was going to, but didn't have the equipment.

Emmily

I've rejigged the "other equipment" section to clarify which equipment you need for which method.

I've tested all these methods, but I'd certainly appreciate someone else trying them out too.

Ive used the circle method previously and it works but I dont have a protractor or a ruler that has degrees on it but it all looks logical to me

Protractor anyone?

Protracted anyone?

Done the first method, and got a 5 pointed star. where did I go wrong? oh, and I dread to think what would've happened if I'd got one of the sides the wrong length.It doesn't look too bad, as 5 pointed stars go...

onto the next method...

The measurement method is great, as long as you take care.

Improve your guess: by the seventh guess, I was reasonably close. Doesn't look bad, and has the circle...

Many circles may or may not be spectacularly accurate, but it had the worst result for me...

re post #7

>"Done the first method, and got a 5 pointed star. where did I go wrong?"

Hmmm I must be missing something Not him, but isn't that was it was to suppose to turn out as - a 5 pointed star.

Emmily

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"A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word [Greek text omitted] (pentagrammon), a noun form of [Greek text omitted] (pentagrammos) or [Greek text omitted] (pentegrammos), a word meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines".

The name indicates that a pentagram is not simply a five-pointed star; the symbol must be composed of five lines. That is, it must include the interior pentagon."

Answers.com

Under the 'Imprve your guess' method:

'Look at the length of the circle and guess what a fifth of that would be'.

What do you mean by the 'length' of a circle? (Diameter or circumference?)

Ah, I did miss something, Trig

Emmily

Yes, you missed that I expected a pentagram to have a circle round it

Have we had sufficient testing, do you reckon?

I'll take that as a yes and therefore we have another very welcome addition to the Edited Guide

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Congratulations Gnomon

Emmily