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A bisector is a line that divides another into two halves. If the second line is at right angles to the first, it is perperdicular.
So, a perpendicular bisector of a side is a line which is at right angles to the side and which divides the side into two halves.
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What is the difference between and angle bisector and a perpendicular bisector?
An angle bisector bisects an angle. A perpendicular bisector bisects a side.
What is the name of the line that is perpendicular to a side of the triangle at the midpoint of the side?
A perpendicular bisector
A perpendicular line or segment that bisects one side of a triangle is called the?
Perpendicular bisector.
Can the perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle ever be the median to a side of a triangle?
Yes, it can.
For what kinds of triangles can the perpendicular bisector of a side also be an angle bisector of the angle opposite the side?
Every isosceles or equilateral triangle.
What is the difference between and angle bisector and a perpendicular bisector?
An angle bisector bisects an angle. A perpendicular bisector bisects a side.
What of a side of a triangle is a line perpendicular to a side through the midpont of the side?
Perpendicular bisector.
Perpendicular bisector of a triangle?
Is a line that bisects a side of a triangle and is perpendicular to that side.
What is the name of the line that is perpendicular to a side of the triangle at the midpoint of the side?
A perpendicular bisector
How is constructing a perpendicular bisector different to constructing an angle bisector?
A perpendicular bisector is a straight line that divides a side of a triangle in two and is at right angles to that side. An angle bisector is a straight line that divides an angle of a triangle in two.
What is a line segments or ray that passes through the midpoint of a side and is perpendicular to the side?
A perpendicular bisector.
A perpendicular line or segment that bisects one side of a triangle is called the?
Perpendicular bisector.
Can the angle bisector of a triangle also be the perpendicular bisector?
Yes. The bisector of one angle of a triangle is the perpendicular bisector of theopposite side if the bisected angle is the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle,or any angle of an equilateral triangle.
Can the perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle ever be the median to a side of a triangle?
Yes, it can.
For what kinds of triangles can the perpendicular bisector of a side also be an angle bisector of the angle opposite the side?
Every isosceles or equilateral triangle.
What does a perpendicular bisector cut of a triangle into two congruent parts?
side
Is the apothem always a perpendicular bisector of each side of a polygon?
yes
