Horizontal line segment upper A upper B is intersected at the midpoint upper C by an upward sloping line upper G upper F with arrows at both ends.
Mere started with AB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
on her paper. She folded her paper so that point A
was on top of point B
. Then, she unfolded her paper and labeled the intersection of the fold and the line segment with point C
. Finally, she used a straight edge to draw GF←→
at an arbitrary angle through point C
. What term best describes GF←→
?
(1 point)
Responses
perpendicular bisector
perpendicular bisector
midpoint
midpoint
angle bisector
1 answer
The line segment GF, which intersects the horizontal line segment AB at point C (the midpoint), represents the concept of a "perpendicular bisector." This is because the perpendicular bisector of a segment is a line that passes through the midpoint of the segment at a right angle. Since GF intersects AB at the midpoint C, the best term to describe GF is:
perpendicular bisector.
