Segment Bisector Construction

This applet walks through the ruler and compass construction of the perpendicular bisection of a line segment.
Drag the Steps slider to see the steps of the construction.

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The three points, A, B, and C, which define the angle can be moved to new positions by dragging.

Created by Mike May, S.J., with GeoGebra
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Last updated By Mike May, S.J., September 11, 2008.