Given a segment with endpoints a and b, what figure can you construct using the steps below?
step 1: put the compass point on a and draw a long arc. be sure the opening is greater than 1/2 ab.
step 2: with the compass on the same setting, put the compass point on b and draw another long arc. label the points where the two arcs meet as x and y.
step 3: draw < -> xy. label the point intersection of - ab and < -> as m, the midpoint od -ab
a. a perpendicular bisector
b. a congruent segment
c. an angle bisector
d. a congruent angle

Tyler went to the supermarket to buy food for a food pantry. he has $36, and can carry up to 20 pounds of food in his backpack. pasta costs $1 for a 1-pound package. pasta sauce costs $3 for a 1.5 pound jar. let x = the number of packages of pasta and y = the number of jars of pasta sauce. one package of pasta is the right amount to go with one jar of pasta sauce. what is the best numbers of packages of pasta and jars of pasta sauce to buy for the food pantry? how many packages of pasta? how many jars of pasta sauce? explain your reasoning.