Homework Review 14

The drawing shows a compass and straight edge construction of...what?

• the bisector of a given angle

• a perpendicular to a given line at a point on the line

• a perpendicular to a given line from a point NOT on the line

• an angle congruent to a given angle

The given diagram is what kind of construction?

• Perpendicular bisector

• Congruent angles

• Angle bisector

• Congruent line segments

What is being constructed in the figure?

• the perpendicular bisector of line m

• the line perpendicular to line m through a point on the line

• the line parallel to line m through a point NOT on the line

• an angle that has line m as its bisector

When constructing a line parallel to a given line, you will be

• copying a segment

• bisecting a segment

• copying an angle

• constructing a perpendicular

What was duplicated?

• line

• line segment

• ray

• angle

What type of construction do you see?

• midpoint

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• altitude

In the image, line RS is _______ to line JQ.

• parallel

• congruent

• similar

• perpendicular

Name the construction.

• midpoint

• perpendicular through a point on the line

• perpendicular through a point NOT on the line

• Circumcenter of a right triangle

What does the word BISECT mean?

• To cut something into more than five pieces.

• It is a plane with two sets of wings.

• A shape that has three sides.

• To cut something into two congruent pieces or in half.

To inscribe a hexagon inside a circle, which length should you set your compass to?

• The radius
• The diameter
• Half of the radius
• It depends on the size of the circle