With a compass and a straight edge and the lines must bisect each other at 90 degrees
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With a straight edge and making sure that its length is greater than its perpendicular height and that opposite sides are parallel to each other.
The bisector and the line segment are perpendicular to each other.
Right angles are created when perpendicular lines intersect each other.
With a straight-edge and a compass:Swing arcs from each end of the segment with the compass (without changing the settings)Connect the intersections of these arcs.The resultant is a perpendicular bisector of the segment.
Not always because the diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other but they are not perpendicular to each other.