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Does perpendicular mean that it divides the line into 2 equal parts?
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∙ 14y ago
No, it means it's at right angles to the line. You may be confusing it with bisector
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∙ 14y ago
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What is a perpendicular bisector on a triangle?
It is a perpendicular line (a vertical line) that divides the triangle into two equal parts.
What name is given to a line that divides another line into halves?
When a line divides another in two equal parts, it is called a bisector. If the bisector happens to cross the other line at right angles, it is called a perpendicular bisector.
A point that divides a line segment into two equal parts?
The midpoint divides a line segment into congruent parts.
What is a line that divides an angle of a triangle into two equal triangles?
A perpendicular bisector line depending on what type of triangle it is.
A line that divides an angle into two equal parts?
bisector
What is a perpendicular line bisector?
It is a line which cuts a line segment into two equal parts at 90°.
What point divides a line segment into two equal parts?
The midpoint.
What is the name given to a line that divides an angle into two equal parts?
It is an asymptote.
Name the line which divides an angle into two equal parts?
90 degree bisector
What is a midpoint?
A point on a line segment that divides the segment into two equal parts is a midpoint.
What do you call a line segment that divides a circle in two?
A line segment that divides a circle in two is a chord.If the two parts of the circle are equal, the line segment is a diameter.See 'The Parts of the Circle' in Sources and related links, below.
What does a perpendicular bisector do?
A perpendicular bisector [for a given line segment] is a line that meets it at 90 degrees and divides it into two halves.
