Geometry Homework

Question

Hello! I am working on a homework sheet and it asks to construct a rectangle whose width is half of its length. I need to know a step-by-step list in order to construct this rectangle.

Answer 1

Draw a line to represent the length.

Set your compass to more than 1/2 of the length of the line.

Swing an arc from each end of the line and .reaching above and below the line

Draw a line between the intersections of of the 2 sets of arc.

This is the perpendicular bisector of the line; it gives you the width of the rectangle.

Draw right angles at each end of the original line and lay off the width on the vertical leg of the right angle.

Connect those two points

Voila!