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why is it better to use a divider than a ruler, while measuring the length of a line segment ?

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It is better to use a divider than a ruler in order to measure the length of a line segment because while using a ruler positioning mistake may happen due to inaccurate positioning of the eye.
 
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 using a divider, you can accurately measure the distance between two points.

while using a scale, mistakes can happen due to wrong perception.

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because its no use of rules we have to first put a point before making the line segment then we can easly join the lines and we also dont have to use rules because its not compulsery for making a line segment of five of six cm only

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