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James wants to construct a regular hexagon inscribe in a circle with center O and diameter PQ

James wants to construct a regular hexagon inscribe in a circle with center O and-example-1

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Answer:

B. Place the compass at P and draw an arc of length OP across the circle.

Below is the diagram for help.

Explanation:

We are given with an already constructed circle of diameter
PQ and
OP as radius.

To draw a regular hexagon(six-sided), we need to make first cut on the circle of an arc equal to radius of the circle taking any point of the diameter as center

So here, We will consider
P as a center and take an arc of length
OP and make a cut on the circle.

This would be the first step and James need to repeat the same steps by considering the newly formed cut as center each time.

James wants to construct a regular hexagon inscribe in a circle with center O and-example-1
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