What is the difference between a bisector and a perpendicular bisector?
1 Answer
Jan 9, 2016
A (segment) bisector is any segment, line, or ray that splits another segment into two congruent parts.
For example, in the picture, if
A perpendicular bisector is a special, more specific form of a segment bisector. In addition to splitting another segment into two equal parts, it also forms a right angle (90˚) with said segment.
Here,