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3 marksDifficulty: Medium
Construct a triangle ABC with BC = 6 cm, angle B = 60° and AB = 5 cm, then construct the perpendicular from A to BC.
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
The perpendicular is drawn by taking arcs from A that cut BC at two points and bisecting the segment between them.
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Explanation
The construction only needs a straight edge and compasses; the foot of the perpendicular is the midpoint of the two arc intersections on BC.
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