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1-1 to 1-2 construction practice
Directions: Using your compass and straight edge to perform the constructions.
1) Construct a duplicate of the following segment, and call it segment XY.
A
B
Use the following segments to do 2 - 4.
A
B
E
C
D
F
2) Construct a line segment with length 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐶𝐷
3) Construct a line segment with length 𝐴𝐵 + 2𝐸𝐹 − 𝐶𝐷
4) Construct a triangle with all sides equal in length to AB. (I know I did not show you how to do this, so
experiment and see if you can come up with it.)
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5) Construct the perpendicular bisector of the segment, and label the midpoint A.
C
6) Construct a segment that is equal to
A
T
3
2
𝐴𝐵
B
7) Construct all the perpendicular bisectors of each side of the triangle.