Question

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

Answer 1

D. perpendicular; midpoint

Explanation:

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

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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.