a. Place the edge of a ruler on the given line and slide the ruler up or down until it is aligned with the point, then draw a line through the point
b. With the pointed tip of your compass on a point on the given line, draw an arc that extends both above and below the given line
c. With the pointed tip of your compass on a point on the given line, draw an arc that intersects the given line and the line drawn from the point on the given line to the point not on the given line
d. After drawing a given line and a point not on the line, fold your paper so that the fold goes through the point on the line
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The correct step necessary to construct a parallel line to a given line through a point not on the line is:
b. With the pointed tip of your compass on a point on the given line, draw an arc that extends both above and below the given line.
This step is part of the process of constructing a parallel line using a compass and straightedge by creating corresponding arcs from the given line to the new line through the external point.
