How Can You Tell if a Point is on the Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment?

How Can You Tell if a Point is on the Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment?

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If you want to determine if a point is on the perpendicular bisector of a line segment, the Perpendicular Bisector Theorem and its converse might come in handy. This tutorial gives a great example of how to tell if a given point is a perpendicular bisector of a segment!

Keywords:

  • geometry
  • triangle
  • perpendicular bisector
  • problem

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