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8. When constructing a perpendicular bisector, why must the compass opening be greater 1/2 than the length of the segment?Asked by Yanna
When constructing a perpendicular bisector why must the compass opening be greater than 1/2 the length of the segment
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so the arcs drawn from the ends of the line segment will overlap.