144k views
5 votes
A perpendicular bisector is _____ to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its _____.

A. perpendicular; endpoint
B. adjacent; midpoint
C. supplementary; angle
D. perpendicular; midpoint
E. exterior; linear pair

User Antoniom
by
6.1k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

D. perpendicular; midpoint

Explanation:

A perpendicular bisector is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint .

__

This is a vocabulary question. It is always a good idea to learn the vocabulary, so you can understand statements that make use of these words. In the attached image, the line segment containing C is the perpendicular bisector of segment AB.

A perpendicular bisector is _____ to a line segment and intersects the line segment-example-1
User Nevin Jethmalani
by
6.1k points