Trey takes the angle shown, places the point of his compass on S, and Draws an arc with an arbitrary radius intersecting the rays of the angle at P and R. Trey claims that as long as he draws two more arcs by placing the needle of his compass on P and then on R, drawing a ray from S through the point at which the arcs intersect, he will be able to bisect Angle S. Is try correct? answer options are: A) Trey is not necessarily correct. He will need to ensure that the distance from S to P and the distance from S to R are equal.  B) Trey is not necessarily correct. He will need to ensure that the compass width remains the same for each arc drawn from P and R. C) Trey is correct. Since the initial arc was drawn with the point of the compass on S, RS=PS.  D) Trey is correct. Since the compass is placed on the points P and R to draw the remaining two arcs, the ray drawn through their intersection will bisect the angle.

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Trey takes the angle shown, places the point of his compass on S, and Draws an arc with an arbitrary radius intersecting the rays of the angle at P and R. Trey claims that as long as he draws two more arcs by placing the needle of his compass on P and then on R, drawing a ray from S through the point at which the arcs intersect, he will be able to bisect Angle S. Is try correct?

answer options are:

A) Trey is not necessarily correct. He will need to ensure that the distance from S to P and the distance from S to R are equal. 

B) Trey is not necessarily correct. He will need to ensure that the compass width remains the same for each arc drawn from P and R.

C) Trey is correct. Since the initial arc was drawn with the point of the compass on S, RS=PS. 

D) Trey is correct. Since the compass is placed on the points P and R to draw the remaining two arcs, the ray drawn through their intersection will bisect the angle.

 

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