{"id":64,"date":"2021-08-13T13:21:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/patterndevelopment\/chapter\/bisect-an-angle\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:30:57","slug":"bisect-an-angle","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/patterndevelopment\/chapter\/bisect-an-angle\/","title":{"raw":"Bisect an Angle","rendered":"Bisect an Angle"},"content":{"raw":"\n
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  1. Set your compass to a radius of reasonable distance inside the angle and swing it from the [pb_glossary id=\"503\"]vertex[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> to create an [pb_glossary id=\"491\"]arc[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> inside the angle.\"\"<\/li>\n \t
  2. . Draw a line ([pb_glossary id=\"493\"]chord[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong>) from the 2 points that cross the lines that make the angle.\"\"<\/li>\n \t
  3. Now, [pb_glossary id=\"474\"]bisect[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> the line (chord<\/strong>). You can use the vertex<\/strong> as one point, so you only need arc<\/strong> outside the chord. Set your compass to approximately \u00be of the length of the line.\"\"<\/li>\n \t
  4. Keeping this distance set on your compass, swing arcs<\/strong> from both ends of the line.\"\"<\/li>\n \t
  5. Draw a line through the vertex<\/strong> to the intersection of the arcs.\n\"\"<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","rendered":"
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    1. Set your compass to a radius of reasonable distance inside the angle and swing it from the vertex<\/a><\/strong> to create an arc<\/a><\/strong> inside the angle.\"\"<\/li>\n
    2. . Draw a line (chord<\/a><\/strong>) from the 2 points that cross the lines that make the angle.\"\"<\/li>\n
    3. Now, bisect<\/a><\/strong> the line (chord<\/strong>). You can use the vertex<\/strong> as one point, so you only need arc<\/strong> outside the chord. Set your compass to approximately \u00be of the length of the line.\"\"<\/li>\n
    4. Keeping this distance set on your compass, swing arcs<\/strong> from both ends of the line.\"\"<\/li>\n
    5. Draw a line through the vertex<\/strong> to the intersection of the arcs.
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      definition<\/span>