standard_description: Use geometric descriptions of rigid motions to transform figures and to predict the effect of a given rigid motion on a given figure; given two figures, use the definition of congruence in terms of rigid motions to decide if they are congruent.
problem_activity: Task
Suppose we are given a circle of radius $r$.  The goal of this task is to construct an equilateral triangle whose three vertices lie on the circle.
Suppose $\overline{AB}$ is a diameter of the circle.  Draw a circle with center $A$ and radius $r$ and label the two points of intersection of the circles $P$ and $Q$ as pictured below:
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Show that $m(\angle ABP) = 30$ and $m(\angle ABQ) = 30$.
Show that
$\triangle PBQ$ is an equilateral triangle inscribed in the given circle.


aligns: no