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Divide seg LM of length 9 cm into 5 congruent parts.

i. Firstly, we have to draw a line segment LM of length 9 cm



ii. Draw a line with an acute angle from point L. Point the compass on L, and cut the new line with some radius (here I can’t make an arc so that I pointed it as A)



iii. Place the compass along the line and make 5 arcs. Since we need 5 congruent parts, and name the last one as M’



iv. Take length of MO as radius draw an arc from L just below it. Again, take the length of LO as radius and draw an arc which cuts the previous arc from M, name the intersection point as L’



v. Connect L’ and M,



vi. Taking the same length that we used in line LM’, draw arcs along L’M. Connect the points along LM’ and L’M



vii. Name the intercepts on the LM line as J,K,N,O and observe all segments are divided equally.



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