Bisectors in Triangles

Section 5-2

Perpendicular Bisector

• A perpendicular tells us two things– It creates a 90 angle with the segment it intersects– The segment it intersects, the perpendicular

bisectors crosses the midpoint– Also any angle it intersects it cuts the angle in half

• What is a perpendicular bisector?

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Perpendicular Bisector Theorem

• If a point is on the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then it is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment

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Converse of the Perpendicular Bisector

• If a point is equidistant from the endpoints of a segment, then it is on the perpendicular bisector of the segment

Distance from a point to a line

• It is the length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line

Angle Bisector Theorem

• If a point is on the bisector of an angle, then the point is equidistant from the sides of an angle

Converse of the Angle Bisector Theorem

• If a point in the interior of an angle is equidistant from the sides of the angle, then the point is on the angle bisector.