Explain how you can use a straight edge and a compass to construct an angle that is both congruent an adjacent to a given angle

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hmm, you still working on this?

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Given - an angle

make a 2nd that is congruent (same measure) and adjacent (shares a side with)

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angle ABC is the given, construct a circle centered on A as shown

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Looking for where point D will be , so that the two angles are congruent

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put the compas on B and C to get that distance, keep distance, move center to C and see where that intersects the large circle, that is pouit D... and done

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