Given a line segment of length 1, how would you construct...?

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Given a line segment of length 1, how would you construct...?

a segment of length (square root) of 10. Instructions are to use a compass on the given line....

2007-09-24 13:47:36 · 1 answers · asked by Deb 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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construct a segment of length 3, and perpendicular to it at one end, a segment of length 1. connect the free ends of the 2 segments and you have a right triangle with hypotenuse √10.

2007-09-24 13:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋