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You place a ruler on a piece of paper and trace both sides. Put the point of your pair of compasses on the line and draw a circle. Then draw another circle, that is the same size, the same way further along the line. You will then be able to use your rule to draw a line that is a tangent to the two circle, and so parallel to your first line. Once you have done this you will realize that you don't need to draw a full circle just a small arc.
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When you construct a parallel to a line through a point not on the line using paper folding what construction can you perform twice?
You construct a line perpendicular to the original and then a line perpendicular to this second line.
Is it possible to construct more than one line that is parallel to any given line?
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To construct a parallel to a line through a point not on the line using folding you can perform the construction twice?
perpendicular line segment (apex)
If you repeat the perpendicular line segment construction twice using paper folding, you can construct?
~APEX~ A parallel line through a point not on the line
To construct a parallel to a line through a point not on the line using paper folding you can perform the construction twice?
perpendicular line segment (apex)
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