Step 1: draw a line segment on your paper using a straightedge. label the endpoints a and b.
step 2: place the point of a compass at a and adjust the compass to be slightly longer than half the length of ab.
step 3: then draw an arc through the line ab. make sure the arc is at least a half-circle in size.
step 4: keep the compass setting and place the point of a compass at b and draw an arc through the line ab. make sure this arc intersects the previous arc twice- one point should be above the line ab and the other point should be below it.
step 5: label the intersection points as c and d.
step 6: using a straightedge, draw a line segment through the points c and d. this segment, cd is a segment bisector of ab.
step 7: label the intersection of ab and cd as e. check your work by using a ruler to find ae and eb to verify they are the same length.
what would the final product look like on paper?