Compass Constructions: How to Construct a Perpendicular Bisector
Constructing a perpendicular bisector: trace an arc, trace another, wonder why it looks so wrong, then just eyeball it.
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Perpendicular bisector: "1. trace an arc" "2. trace another arc" "3. how does this look so wrong" "4. just eyeball it"
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