If you want to make a copy of a line segment of given length, you have to draw at least two arcs on a longer line segment.

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Q. Steps of constructing a line segment equal to the length of given segment is written in jumbled form below:
1. Draw a line

l

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A

on line

l

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A

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2. Make an arc on the line

l

which cuts

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is a copy of

C D

.
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