Question

Draw a line segment of length 9.5 cm and construct its perpendicular bisector.
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Answer 1

A perpendicular bisector of a line segment is a line segment perpendicular to and passing through the midpoint of the line segment.
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Steps of construction:
(i) Draw a line segment $\overline{AB}$ = 9.5 cm
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(ii) Taking A and B as centres and radius more than half of AB, draw two arcs which intersect each other at C and D.
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(iii) Join CD. Then CD is the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{AB}$
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Hence, we get a figure as shown below.

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