PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Perpendicular bisector test

Dependencies: SSS congruence and Linear pair sums to 180° (Linear pair sums to 180°).

Statement

Let AA and BB be two distinct points in the plane. If a point PP is equidistant from AA and BB, then PP lies on the Perpendicular bisector ⇔ equidistant from endpoints of segment ABAB. That is:

PA=PB    Pperp-bisector(AB).PA = PB \;\Longrightarrow\; P \in \text{perp-bisector}(AB).

The "perpendicular bisector of segment ABAB" means: the line passing through the midpoint of ABAB and perpendicular to ABAB.

Perpendicular bisector test schematic: PA = PB ⇒ P lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB (PM passes through midpoint M and PM\perp AB)

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