1.04 — Segment Construction
Pencil-by-pencil walkthrough

Constructing ¼TU

Watch the pencil move exactly as you would move a compass and straightedge on your own paper. Slow it down, replay any part, and copy each stroke as it happens.

T U M N ¼ TU
Press play to watch the construction.
compass arc straightedge line answer segment

How to follow along

Grab your compass, straightedge, and paper. Every mark the pencil makes here is a mark you make there — in the same order, roughly the same size.

Speed:
TU — the given segment
TM = MU = ½ TU
TN = NM = ¼ TU