A Parallel to a Line through a Point

Given a line and a point P not on that line, you can construct a parallel through P by making congruent corresponding angles for a transversal through that point.  First you make the transversal (any line through P that cuts the given line):

 Then you copy the angle at the line to an angle with vertex at P:

Here is an animation of this construction.

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