Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 1 - Section 1.6 - Relationships: Perpendicular Lines - Exercises - Page 51: 5

Answer

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Work Step by Step

By using a compass mark an arc to intersect the two sides of line $s$. Now with those two points as centers, mark off two arcs with equal radii to intersect in point C. Connect this point with N to get the line $m$ which is perpendicular with line $s$.
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