In the beginning steps of constructing a perpendicular bisector of CD, the compass should be stretched out

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cupoosta [38]3 years ago

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Given:

Line segment is CD.

To find:

The beginning steps of constructing a perpendicular bisector of CD.

Solution:

To draw a perpendicular bisector of a line segment, first we need to open the compass more than half of the distance between the end points of the segment.

End points of the segment CD are C and D.

So, to draw a perpendicular bisector of CD, the compass should be stretched out more than halfway from point C to the other endpoint D.

Therefore, the correct option is C.

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