What is the difference between the median and the perpendicular bisector?
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Hello Limacerapide!
The perpendicular bisector is a line that passes perpendicularly through the middle of a segment and cuts it into two equal parts.
example: (the orange line is a perpendicular bisector)
The median is a segment which starts from a vertex of a figure and intersects the opposite side in its middle. Be careful, the angle of intersection of the median with the opposite side is not necessarily 90 degrees.
A median is only found in some figures, like: triangles or pentagons.
example: (yellow lines are all medians)
KH
The perpendicular bisector is a line that passes perpendicularly through the middle of a segment and cuts it into two equal parts.
example: (the orange line is a perpendicular bisector)
The median is a segment which starts from a vertex of a figure and intersects the opposite side in its middle. Be careful, the angle of intersection of the median with the opposite side is not necessarily 90 degrees.
A median is only found in some figures, like: triangles or pentagons.
example: (yellow lines are all medians)
KH