A regular hexagon is 6 sided polygon where all of its sides have the same length. In order to construct one inscribed in a circle i.e. with a circle that passes through its six vertices wemust follow certain steps. We begin with a circle and a segment being its radius, then we have the following steps:
- We set the width of a compass to the length of the radius.
- We place the fixed part in the extreme of the segment that is not the center of the circle and we draw an arc that intercepts the circle.
- We place the fixed part in the point where the previous arc intercepts the circle. There we draw another arc that intercepts the circle.
- We repeat the last step another three times. This way we'll have six points along the circumference.
- By connecting these 6 points we form the regular hexagon.
If we compare this list of steps with the one in the question you'll notice a difference. In our first step we state that the compass width must be equal to the length of the segment serving as radius whereas in step 1 in the question it says that the width must be equal to the diameter instead of the length of BC.
AnswerThen step one should be corrected and the answer is A.
