You are asked to construct a segment congruent to overlineA B. As a first step, you draw a ray. Which of the following, if true of the ray, would be most helpful?
1) The ray is drawn on the paper shorter than overlineA B.
2) The ray is drawn on the paper longer than overlineA B.
3) The ray is drawn parallel to overlineA B.
4) The ray is drawn perpendicular to overlineA B.