Math Open Reference
| After doing this | Your work should look like this | |
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| Start with a line segment PQ that we will copy. |  |
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| Step 1 | Mark a point R that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. |  |
| Step 2 | Set the compass point on the point P of the line segment to be copied. |  |
| Step 3 | Adjust the compass width to the point Q. The compass width is now equal to the length of the line segment PQ. |  |
| Step 4 | Without changing the compass width, place the compass point on the the point R on the line you drew in step 1 |  |
| Step 5 | Without changing the compass width, Draw an arc roughly where the other endpoint will be. |  |
| Step 6 | Pick a point S on the arc that will be the other endpoint of the new line segment. |  |
| Step 7 | Draw a line from R to S. |  |
| Step 8 | Done. The line segment RS is equal in length (congruent to) the line segment PQ. |  |