When constructing a perpendicular bisector, why must the compass opening be greater than 1/2 the length of the segment? i was thinking that it's being cut in half but i really am not sure.

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

Alina fully simplifies this polynomial and then writes it in standard form. xy2 – 2x2y + 3y3 – 6x2y + 4xy2 if alina wrote the last term as 3y3, which must be the first term of her polynomial in standard form? xy2 5xy2 –8x2y –2x2y

What is the slope of the line passing through the points (3, 3) and (5, 7) ? 1. 2 2. 1/2 3. −2 4. −1/2