% This figure illustrates Pascal's theorem. % Copyright (c) Christian Obrecht 2001 box(-3,-4,7,8,1.5) El = ellipse(point(0,0),2,1,0:) A = point(El,0) B = point(El,pi/5) C = point(El,2*pi/3) D = point(El,pi) E = point(El,3*pi/2) F = point(El,11*pi/6) AB = line(A,B) BC = line(B,C) CD = line(C,D) DE = line(D,E) EF = line(E,F) FA = line(F,A) I = intersection(AB,DE) J = intersection(FA,CD) draw(AB,dotted) ; draw(BC,dotted) draw(CD,dotted) ; draw(DE,dotted) draw(EF,dotted) ; draw(FA,dotted) draw(line(I,J)) color(white) draw(A,B,C,D,E,F) color(black) draw(A,B,C,D,E,F,dashed) draw(El)