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Habib has drawn a line segment PQ on his exercise book and he has also considered a point R outside the line segment PQ. Let’s draw a line, parallel to the line segment PQ that passes through R by a scale and a compass.

Habib’s construction is



Now we have to draw a line passing through R and parallel to PQ


Step1: Using scale draw a line passing through R intersecting PQ at A



Step2: Keep the needle of compass on point A and mark an arc intersecting RA and AQ at X and Y respectively



Step3: Keeping the distance in the compass same as that of in step2 keep the needle of compass on point R and mark an arc intersecting AR at Z



Step4: Take distance XY in compass keep the needle of compass on point Z and mark an arc intersecting arc drawn in step3 at point S



Step5: Using scale draw a line passing through R and S
Thus RS || PQ



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Let’s see how many line segments parallel to the line XY are possible to draw through the point Z which in not on XY.

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Megha draws and angle ∠ABC = 60° by a scale and a compass. Let’s take two pints P and Q on the rays BA and BC respectively. Let’s draw a straight line through the point P parallel to the ray BC and also draw a straight line through the point Q parallel to the ray BA.

Let D be the intersecting Point. Let’s write the type of quadrilateral that PBQD is.