Jan wants to create the perpendicular bisector of line segment AB.

She places her compass on point A and opens it with the width equal to the length of the line segment AB. She makes arcs above and below the line segment.

What could be Jan's next step to create the perpendicular bisector of line segment AB?


A. place the compass on the approximate midpoint and draw intersecting arcs


B. connect each arc with point B using a straightedge


C. connect the two arcs using a straight edge


D. place the compass on point B and complete the same steps that she did for point A