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OpenStudy (anonymous):

When constructing a perpendicular bisector, why must the compass opening be greater than 1/2 the length of the segment?

OpenStudy (accessdenied):

because the arcs must intersect at a point above and below the segment. they will not meet if they are not at least half the length of the segment, and they meet on the segment itself if we have it exactly half.

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