Multiplying Length of a Segment

This applet walks through the ruler and compass construction that starts with a given segment and conctructs a segment which is an integer multiple of the length of the given segment.
Drag the Steps slider to see the steps of the construction. The construction assumes that the user has already worked through the construction of the perpendicular bisector of a line segment.

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The two points, A and B, which define the line, and the given point C, can be moved to new positions by dragging.

Created by Mike May, S.J., with GeoGebra
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Last updated By Mike May, S.J., September 11, 2008.