Year 9 Interactive Maths - Second Edition

Perpendicular from a Point on to a Line

Draw an arc with centre P and with a radius long enough to cut the line AB at two points, X and Y.

Step 2

Draw an arc centred at X using a radius that is more than half of the length of the interval XY.

Step 3

Using the same radius, draw an arc centred at Y to cut the arc drawn in Step 2, at Z.

Step 4

Join PZ.

Note:

Study Another Topic in Chapter 13: Geometry

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