Equi lateral tri angle Perpendi cular Bi sector of a Li ne Segment

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1. Stait with a line segment that you will copy.
2. Nake an enupoint foi youi new line segment below the fiist one.
S. Set the compass's centei on one enupoint of the line segment to be copieu.
4. Finu the compass's wiuth to the othei enupoint. The compass's wiuth is
now equal to the length of the line segment.
S. Without changing the compass's wiuth, place the compass's centei on the
new enupoint you uiew in step 1.
6. Without changing the compass's wiuth, uiaw an aic wheie the othei
enupoint will be.
7. Pick a point on the aic that will be the othei enupoint of the new line
segment.
8. Biaw a line segment fiom the new enupoint to the aic. This line segment
is congiuent to the oiiginal line segment.


























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1. Stait with a line segment.
2. Place the compass on one enu of the line segment.
S. Set the compass's wiuth to appioximately two thiius the length of
the line segment. The actual wiuth uoes not mattei as long as it is
moie than half the length of the line segment.
4. Without changing the compass's wiuth, uiaw an aic above anu
below the line.
S. Again without changing the compass's wiuth, place the compass's
centei on the othei enu of the line. Biaw an aic above anu below
the line so that it inteisects the fiist aic.
6. 0sing a stiaighteuge, uiaw a line between the points wheie the
aics inteisect.
7. Bone. This line is peipenuiculai to the fiist line anu bisects it (cuts
it at the exact miupoint of the line).
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1. Stait with a line segment that will be the length of the siues of the
tiiangle.
2. Set the compass's centei on one enupoint of the line segment.
S. Finu the compass's wiuth to the othei enupoint. The compass's
wiuth is now equal to the length of the line segment.
4. Without moving the compass, uiaw an aic staiting at the
enupoint anu moving above the line segment to ioughly wheie
the veitex of the tiiangle will be.
S. 0sing the same wiuth on the compass, place the centei of the
compass on the othei enupoint of the line segment.
6. Biaw the same aic passing thiough the opposite enupoint to
ioughly wheie the thiiu veitex of the tiiangle will be.
7. Connect the point wheie the aics inteisect to the enupoints of
the line segment.
8. Bone - you have constiucteu an equilateial tiiangle with thiee
congiuent siues.





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