I need help on this problem

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Please dont laugh but I just started Geometry 2 days ago and I already need help. :oops: Well anyways here's the problem.
How do you make line segment CD and line segment RS not intersect but ray CD and ray RS bisect? :?:
 
All you need to know is that a line segment = •-----------•

A ray however is •----------> , where the arrow means it goes infinitely onto the direction is points. So,

C•----------•D
•S
|
|
•R

The line segments there do not intersect, however, when then you turn them into rays (specifically making the S end infinite in length) you will find that RS bisects CD.
 
Surely RS<SUP>→</SUP> intersects CD<SUP>→</SUP> !
However, how does one ray bisect another ray?
 
Hmm, this has piqued my interest…

I don't think this is possible to do. No matter what happens, you will always have one part of a ray that is larger than the other, because one end stretches out into infinity. Correct me if I am wrong, but bisecting a ray is not possible.
 
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