Perpendicular Bisector Definition

[color=#000000]In the applet below, [/color][b][color=#cc0000]line p[/color][/b][color=#000000] is said to be the [/color][b][color=#cc0000]perpendicular bisector[/color][/b][color=#000000] of the segment with [/color][i][b]A[/b][/i][color=#000000] and [/color][i][b]B[/b][/i][color=#000000] as [/color][b]endpoints[/b][color=#000000]. [br][br]Interact with this applet for a few minutes, then answer the questions that follow. [br][/color][i]Be sure to change the locations of points [b]A[/b] and [b]B[/b] each time before you re-slide the slider. [/i]
[color=#000000]Reset the applet and re-slide the slider just one more time. [br][br][b]Questions: [/b] [br][br]1) What can you conclude about the white point you see in the applet above? [br] How do you know this? [br][br]2) What is the measure of the [/color][b]gray angle[/b][color=#000000]? How do you know this to be true? [br][br]3) Given your responses for (1) and (2) above, write your own definition for the term[br] [/color][i][color=#cc0000]perpendicular bisector[/color][color=#000000]of a segment[/color][/i][color=#000000]. In essence, complete the following sentence definition: [br][br] A [/color][b][color=#cc0000]perpendicular bisector[/color][/b][color=#000000] [b]of a segment[/b] is...[/color]

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