Learning and geometry
Two set squares and a protractor
Two set squares come as a pair because two of them make ten angles in 15-degree steps, where one alone makes only four
This drawing comes from one YAML file. No shape was moved by hand.
Notes in the source (in Japanese)
三角定規が 2 枚 1 組なのは、2 枚あると作れる角が増えるから。
1 枚では 30・45・60・90 の 4 つだけ。
辺の比は、短い順に書く —— 45・45・90 は 1 : 1 : √2、30・60・90 は 1 : √3 : 2(30° の対辺が 1、60° の対辺が √3、斜辺が 2)。√3 = 1.732 で 2 より小さいので、順を入れ替えると大小まで崩れる。2 枚を足し引きすると 15° きざみで 10 通りになる。15° で足りるのは、それが 90 も 60 も 45 も 30 も割り切る幅だから(最大公約数)。
平行線が引けるのは、1 枚を押さえて滑らせるから。分度器は目盛りが 2 通り振ってあり、0 が左右の両方にある。
Source (YAML)
examples/gallery/227-三角定規と分度器.zumen.yaml
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