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A line segment has a length of approximately 10cm. If a compass is set to a width of 9cm, will it still be possibly to bisect the line segment?

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Answer: Yes it is possible to bisect the given segment

The compass width (9) is over half of the segment length (10), so we can form the arcs needed to get the perpendicular bisector.