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Draw a line segment of length 10 cm. Divide it into four equal parts. Measure each of these parts.

Answer:

To draw a line segment, we use following steps of construction

Step I: Firstly, we draw a line segment (AS) of length 10 cm

Step II: By the help of compasses and ruler bisect the line segment and join both the points with line segment.

Step III: By the help of bisector of the line segment either side of line is also bisected by the ruler and compasses.

Step IV: Both bisector points of either side is joined.

Step V: By the help of ruler, we measure the each part of bisected line segment and each part is measured of length 2.5 cm.