perpendicular bisector

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Vocabulary
perpendicular bisector distance from a point to a
line
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The perpendicular bisector of a segment is a line
perpendicular to a segment at the segments
midpoint.
The shortest segment from a point to a line is
perpendicular to the line. This fact is used to
define the distance from a point to a line as the
length of the perpendicular segment from the
point to the line.
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Example 1 Distance From a Point to a Line
B. Write and solve an inequality for x.
AC gt AP
x 8 gt 12
Substitute x 8 for AC and 12 for AP.
Add 8 to both sides of the inequality.
x gt 20
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Check It Out! Example 1
B. Write and solve an inequality for x.
AC gt AB
12 gt x 5
Substitute 12 for AC and x 5 for AB.
Add 5 to both sides of the inequality.
17 gt x
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Example 2 Proving Properties of Lines
Write a two-column proof.
Given r s, ?1 ? ?2 Prove r ? t
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Example 2 Continued
1. Given
1. r s, ?1 ? ?2
2. Corr. ?s Post.
2. ?2 ? ?3
3. ?1 ? ?3
3. Trans. Prop. of ?
4. 2 intersecting lines form lin. pair of ? ?s ?
lines ?.
4. r ? t
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Check It Out! Example 2
Write a two-column proof.
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Check It Out! Example 2 Continued
1. Given
1. ?EHF ? ?HFG
2. Conv. of Alt. Int. ?s Thm.
3. Given
4. ? Transv. Thm.
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Example 3 Carpentry Application
A carpenters square forms a right angle. A
carpenter places the square so that one side
is parallel to an edge of a board, and then draws
a line along the other side of the square. Then
he slides the square to the right and draws a
second line. Why must the two lines be parallel?
Both lines are perpendicular to the edge of the
board. If two coplanar lines are perpendicular to
the same line, then the two lines are parallel to
each other, so the lines must be parallel to each
other.
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Check It Out! Example 3
A swimmer who gets caught in a rip current should
swim in a direction perpendicular to the current.
Why should the path of the swimmer be parallel to
the shoreline?
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Check It Out! Example 3 Continued
The shoreline and the path of the swimmer should
both be ? to the current, so they should be to
each other.