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Answer 1

@mathstudent55 @mathmale

Answer 2

@ILUVSOCCER

Answer 3

Hey welshfella

Answer 4

I agree with your choice. A bisector doesn't have to be perpendicular to the line it's bisecting.

Answer 5

Thank you

Answer 6

I beg to differ on that one The GIven statement says that the DE and JL are perpendicular

Answer 7

It states "perpendicular bisector."
BTW, your answer is incorrect.

Answer 8

Oh

Answer 9

If a line is the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then you can conclude two things.
1. The line and the segment are perpendicular.
2. The point of intersection of the line and the segment is the midpoint of the segment.

Answer 10

mathstudent55 is correct; I'm wrong. I defer to mathstudent55 (who must be pretty sharp).

Answer 11

Read the explanation above carefully.
Pay attention to the second part.

Answer 12

Um is it C
They all look right

Answer 13

The line bisects the segment.
That means the line splits the segment into to congruent sections.

Answer 14

Look at option A.
According to what a bisector does, option A must be true.
That was the first part of my explanation above of a perpendicular bisector.
The bisector intersects the segment at the segment's midpoint.
Option A must be true.

Answer 15

Now let's look at option B.

Answer 16

The line DE bisects the segment JL.
The line DE splits the segment JL into two congruent sections, JK and KL.
Do we know that the segment JL bisects the segment DE in the line?
No. We are not told so.

Answer 17

Can you conclude anything about the length of segments DK and KE?

Answer 18

So is it B?

Answer 19

mathstudent55: You're very thorough. Nice work!