Question

25 Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu. Using only a compass and a straightedge, you are constructing a line perpendicular to AB and passing through a given point, M, on AB. With a compass of set width, you have drawn arcs that intersect AB on each side of Mand marked the two intersection points as P and Q. The next step in this construction is to place the compass needle on Reset P and set its width to M Mand set its width beyond P P and set its width beyond M M and set its width to half the distance between P and M

Answer 1

Arcs that are drawn from P and Q in the approximate location of the reflection of M across AB will intersect at that point of reflection.

Then, we need the compass needle on P and set its width to M