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Compass Constructions: How to Bisect an Angle

January 10, 2018Original blog post

Bisecting an angle: two arcs, more arcs, even more arcs, all is arcs, help me.

Transcript

Angle bisector: "1. trace two arcs" "2. more arcs" "3. even more arcs" "4. all is arcs" "5. help me"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-01-10-compass-constructions-made-easy--compass-constructions-how-to-bisect-an-angle/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Geometry › Compass & StraightedgeGeometry › Constructions › Angle Bisector
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