Classify each angle as right, acute, obtuse, orstraight.
Use a protractor to check.
Write Trueor False. If false, explain why. Use the figure at the right.
7. AMMB 8. MC⊥MD
- AMC CMB 10. Mis the midpoint of CE.
- MDbisects CMB. 12. mAME90°
Draw a figure for each description.
13. BQ is the bisector of PBS. 14. AYbisects BXat P.
15. ABis the perpendicular bisector of XY. 16. MN⊥QR
Line sis a segment
bisector of AB.
Line tis a perpendicular
bisector of CD.
Angles that are equal in measure are
called congruent angles.
An angle bisector is the ray that divides
a given angle into two congruent angles.
FZ is the angle bisector of EFG.
EFZ ZFG
AB
s
M
CD
t
N
F
G
Z
E
A M B
C D
E
is congruent to
Bisectors
The midpoint of a segment is the point that divides the segment into
two congruent segments. Segments that are equal in length are called
congruent segments.
Point Mis the midpoint ofPQ.
PMQM
A segment bisector is any line, ray, or segment that intersects a segment
at its midpoint. If a segment bisector is also perpendicular to the segment,
it is called the perpendicular bisector of the segment.
PQ
M
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