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Construction of Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment

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To construct perpendicular bisector to a line segment AB =10 cm, we have to draw an arc of radius

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> 5

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= 5

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The correct option is A $> 5$
To construct perpendicular bisector to a line segment AB =10 cm, we have to draw an arc of radius greater than 5.

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