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Marquez is constructing a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle. he begins by drawing a line and labeling a point on the line as point

a. he then uses his compass to construct a circle with point a as the center. he labels the points where the circle intersects the line as points b and
c. what step should be his next step?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Draw arcs intercepting circle A using the same radius and points B and C as centers. Those points, together with B and C will be the vertices of the hexagon inscribed in circle A.

Marquez is constructing a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle. he begins by drawing-example-1
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