If you haven't tried it yet, give yourself 10 minutes with the compass tool. Construct a perpendicular bisector. Move the endpoints. Watch it adjust perfectly.
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Then ask yourself: Why was I ever using a real pencil? If you haven't tried it yet, give yourself
If you’ve ever tried to teach (or learn) geometric constructions using a real compass, a fragile pencil, and a ruler that seems to have a personal vendetta against straight lines, you know the struggle. The paper rips. The compass slips. The arcs vanish into thin air. If you haven't tried it yet