PRINCIPIA · THEOREM
Perpendicular bisector test
Dependencies: SSS congruence and Linear pair sums to 180° (Linear pair sums to 180°).
Statement
Let and be two distinct points in the plane. If a point is equidistant from and , then lies on the Perpendicular bisector ⇔ equidistant from endpoints of segment . That is:
The "perpendicular bisector of segment " means: the line passing through the midpoint of and perpendicular to .

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