Given that x is a constructible number, how does one prove that 1/x is constructible?

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Given that x is a constructible number, how does one prove that 1/x is constructible? Moreover, what might be one's train of thought when coming up with the proof.

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You need a unit length.

Create a triangle with sides 1 and x. The other side doesn't matter.

Then create a similar triangle with the side corresponding to x having length 1.

The side corresponding to 1 then has length 1/x.