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can someone please help me ? the question is :You are constructing a copy of AB. You choose a point C as one of the endpoints for the new line segment. What is the next step in the construction?Select one of the options below as your answer:
A. Keep the compass needle on A and stretch the compass width to B.

B. Keep the compass needle on B and stretch the compass width to C.

C. Mark a point on AB and stretch the compass width to C from the point.

D. Mark a point external to AB and stretch the compass width to C from the point.

E. Mark a point on AB and make two arcs on AB ce

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"Keep the compass needle on A and stretch the compass width to B" is the next step in the construction among the choices given in the question. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option or option "A". I hope that this is the answer that has come to your help. 

The correct answer is:

A) Keep the compass needle on A and stretch the compass width to B.

Explanation:

In order to copy a segment, you must have the compass set to the width of the segment you are copying. We are copying AB; this means we need the compass width set to the distance from A to B. To do this, we set the compass on A and stretch it to B.