How to bisect a line segment
What does it mean to bisect a line segment?
A bisector divides a line into two equal halves. Thus, when we talk about the perpendicular bisector of a line segment AB, it implies: It divides AB into two equal halves or bisects it.
How do you bisect a line in two lines?
What can be used to bisect a segment?
This construction shows how to draw the perpendicular bisector of a given line segment with compass and straightedge or ruler. This both bisects the segment (divides it into two equal parts, and is perpendicular to it.
How do you bisect a line segment with a compass and straightedge?
Line Segment Bisector, Right Angle
- Place the compass at one end of line segment.
- Adjust the compass to slightly longer than half the line segment length.
- Draw arcs above and below the line.
- Keeping the same compass width, draw arcs from other end of line.
- Place ruler where the arcs cross, and draw the line segment.
How do you solve a bisect angle?
Is it possible to bisect a line?
To bisect a segment or an angle means to divide it into two congruent parts. A bisector of a line segment will pass through the midpoint of the line segment. A perpendicular bisector of a segment passes through the midpoint of the line segment and is perpendicular to the line segment.
How do you construct a segment bisector?
How do you bisect a 5cm line?
- Draw a line segment AB = 5 cm.
- With any radius greater than 2.5 cm, and compass fixed at A, draw 2 arcs, one above and one below AB.
- With the same radius, compass at B, cut the 2 arcs drawn in step 2.
- The line joining these two arcs is the perpendicular bisector of AB.