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Which equation represents the perpendicular bisector of the given line segment?

Which equation represents the perpendicular bisector of the given line segment?-example-1
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A perpendicular bisector passes through a segment at 90° and cuts the segment in half.

If you look at the segment, it is a straight horizontal line that is 10 units long. The perpendicular bisector must be a straight vertical line for it to be at 90° to the segment and it also has to cut the segment into two 5 unit parts. That means it has to cross the segment at (10, 10).

A straight vertical line that passes through (10, 10) has the equation x = 10.
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