Big Ideas Math Geometry Lesson Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors

Fill in the blank:

A point that is the same distance from two figures is ___________________ from from the two figures.

• Equidistant

• Congruent

• Vertical

• Corresponding

Fill in the blank:

A perpendicular bisector is perpendicular to and passing through the ___________________ of a segment.

• endpoint

• corner

• midpoint

• side

A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles is called .............

• perpendicular bisector

• angle bisector

• vertex

• divider

Identify the perpendicular bisector.

Find AD

• 8.4

• 16.8

• 20

• 10

Find the value of x

• 3

• 6

• 2.7

• 5.4

Find PQ

• 7

• 14

• 28

• 56

• 10

• 20

• 38

• 56

• Cannot be determined

Use your knowledge of slopes of perpendicular lines to choose the perpendicular bisector of the line passing through the points (-2, 2) and (6, 0).