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What are the steps for using a compass and straightedge to construct a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle? Drag the stores and drop them in order from start to finish l.

What are the steps for using a compass and straightedge to construct a regular hexagon-example-1
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Given:

Construct a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle.

Steps to be followed:

Construct horizontal line n and point O on line n.

Construct a circle with its center at point P.

Lable the point of intersection of the circle and line n of poinyt P, point Q , and lable the point of intersection of the circle and line n to the right of point P,point R.

Construct a circle with its center at point Q and having radius PQ. Construct a circle with its center at point R having radius PQ.

Lable the point of intersection of the circles P and Q that lies above line n,point S, and the point of their intersection that lies below the line n. point T . Lable the point of intersection of circles P and R that lies above line n, point U ,and the point of their intersection that lies below line n, point V.


\begin{gathered} \text{Construct and }\bar{\text{QS}},\bar{SU},\bar{UR},\bar{RV},\bar{VT}\text{ and }\bar{\text{TQ}}\text{ to complete regular hexagon} \\ \text{QSURVT.} \end{gathered}

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