Construction: Parallel Lines

About Geometry Worksheet Activity 2F:  

 

Activity 2F is practice for the construction of parallel lines.

 

Prerequisite Skill: Construct perpendicular lines (Activity 2E).  Name parallel lines (Assignment 1.6).

 

How to construct parallel lines:

 

(Do problem 1 by following the steps below.)

 

1.   Place the compass point at the given point (A).

 

2.   Construct a line through the point (A) that is perpendicular to the given line (m).

 

3.   Label the line (n) and continue it beyond the point (A).

 

4.  Construct a line at the point (A) that is perpendicular to the constructed line (n).

 

5.  Name the line (q).  Line q is parallel to line m.