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The perpendicular bisectors (in blue) intersect at point G. Find BG and AB.

The perpendicular bisectors (in blue) intersect at point G. Find BG and AB.-example-1

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Check the picture below.

so, since we have perpendicular bisectors, that means the segment is being cut into two equal halves, so AD = DB = 6, that makes AB simply AD + DB.

Now, the triangles of ADG and BDG are both sharing a side, that is DG, and since we know AD = DB and these are right-triangles, then both triangles are congruent by the LL theorem, so if they're congruent, then BG = AG.

The perpendicular bisectors (in blue) intersect at point G. Find BG and AB.-example-1
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