1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Gekata [30.6K]
3 years ago
10

when constructing a perpendicular bisector why must the compass opening be greater than 1/2 the length of the segment?

Mathematics
2 answers:
kogti [31]3 years ago
4 0
Because if the compass opening is lesser than 1/2 the length of the segment, the 2 arcs drawn will never intersect with the segment
dexar [7]3 years ago
4 0
<h2>Answer:</h2>

While constructing a perpendicular bisector  the compass must be  opened more  than 1/2 the length of the segment:

<em>" Because if we open the compass less than or equal to 1/2 the length then the arcs will never intersect and hence we would never be able to get the perpendicular line "</em>

<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>

The construction of a perpendicular bisector of a line segment is as follows:

  • Draw a line segment AB.
  • Now take a compass and open the span of compass more than half the length of AB.
  • Keep compass at A and make a arc below and above the line segment.
  • Repeat this process for B.
  • Now join the two  points where the two arcs intersected.
  • The line so obtained is a perpendicular bisector of line and the point where it meets the given line AB is the mid-point of AB.

You might be interested in
PLEASE HELP!!!Find the area of the kite.
Veseljchak [2.6K]

Answer:

9

Step-by-step explanation:

9 is the correct answer.

4 0
3 years ago
PLZ HELP IM IN A HURRY!
AysviL [449]

Answer:

0.078 rounded to the nearest hundreth is 0.08 and 0.078 rounded to the nearest thousandth is 0.078

Step-by-step explanation:

if you need help i will give you my email

5 0
3 years ago
Jamie and Stella are saving money to sign up for a school trip to Washington, D.C. In order to sign up for the trip, they must p
DanielleElmas [232]

Answer:

1. Let, Jamie needs "$ g" for the  trip. Then, according to the question,

g = 600 -------------------(1)

2. Let, Stella needs "$ m" for the trip. Then, according to the question,

m = 600 -------------(2)

3. If Jamie washes x no. of cars and Stella makes y no. of pies, then,

25x ≥ 600 ≥ 15y -------------(3)

4. Yes, Stella can afford to sign up for the trip with the money she earns.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, Jamie needs "$ g" for the  trip. Then, according to the question,

g = 600 -------------------(1)

Let, Stella needs "$ m" for the trip. Then, according to the question,

m = 600 -------------(2)

if Jamie washes x no. of cars for $25 each and Stella makes y no. of pies

for $ 15 each, then, according to the question,

25x ≥ 600 ≥ 15y -------------(3)

Yes,  Stella can afford to sign up for the trip with the money she earns. Because, she can make at most 40 pies for $15 each and

$ 40 \times 15 = $ 600 = The amount of money Stella needs for the trip.

7 0
3 years ago
How to calculate square root?
OLEGan [10]
To calculate the square root, you can either use the √symbol on a calculator or you can manually find it using Prime Factorization. For non-perfect squares, Prime Factorization is the way to go. 
 
The first two steps work for solving large perfect squares as well.

1. Divide your number into perfect square factors.

2. Take the square roots of your perfect square factors. 

3. If your number doesn't factor perfectly, reduce your answer to simplest terms. 

4. If needed, estimate. In some cases if you have memorized some of the square roots, you can estimate where the number would be. 
ie.  \sqrt{63}       you know that 7^2 =49 and 8^2 = 64,  so you can estimate that the \sqrt{63} would be between 7 and 8 but closer to 8.

5. <span>Alternatively, reduce your number to its lowest common factors as your first step.</span><span> Finding perfect square factors isn't necessary if you can easily determine a number's prime factors (factors that are also prime numbers).
ie.  </span>\sqrt{45}
 =  \sqrt{9*5}
 = \sqrt{3*3*5}
 =   3 \sqrt{5}

Hope this helped!!!
6 0
4 years ago
Find the inflation rate from 1992 to 1993 . Assume that all prices have risen at the same rate as the CPI.
Zinaida [17]

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420

69,420|

69,420

7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Find the measure of an exterior angle of a decagon
    7·1 answer
  • For all real numbers a and b, 2a • b = a2 + b2 Is this true or false? Explain why it false or true.
    8·1 answer
  • Claire is 2 year younger than her sister. The
    9·1 answer
  • Rose and chi are training for a bike race if They both start the park gate and Rosa starts at 4 PM and chi starts at 4:30 PM Ros
    11·1 answer
  • jessica has 12 red beads,18 yellow beads and 42 blue beads. She puts all the beads into a few jars. The number of beads of every
    13·1 answer
  • a TV has an original price of $549 and do the new price after the given percent of change.20% degrees the new price is ​
    10·2 answers
  • CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THIS !!!!??? *****Theres 2 questions *****
    15·1 answer
  • 10cm 3mm - 4.8cm<br> I do not understand that well can someone please help no need to explain
    14·2 answers
  • Is x and x2 like terms or unlike terms​
    11·1 answer
  • Tina__________ 4 by_____________ to get 16 and 9 by____________ to get 81. She should have multiplied each term by__________ num
    7·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!