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Draw a line segment of any length and label it PO.
If you were to construct a line segment congruent to PQ, what would be your first step?
A)
Put one end of the compass on point P and the other end on point Q.
Measure PQ using a ruler.
Draw an arc the size of PQ below the segment.
Draw a new segent below the line the same length as PO.

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I'd say

Put one end of the compass on point P and the other end on point Q.

This way, you can construct (part of) a circumference with radius PQ with center P.

If you connect point P with any point on the circumference, this segment will be another radius of the circumference, and thus congruent to PQ.

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