1.     Explain what these phrases mean. Then sketch an example:

a)    bisects .
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b)   is perpendicular to .
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c)    bisects .
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2.     Sketch an example of each:

a)    bisects  but is not perpendicular to .

 

 

 

b)   is perpendicular to  but does not bisect .

 

 

 

 

 

3.     What, if anything, is wrong with this statement:

 bisects  

 

 

4.     Please complete this sentence:

Finding the distance between a point and a segment, the distance between a point and a ray, and the distance between a point and a line all boil down to finding É

 

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5.     Do both part a and part b.

a)   Construct a point that is equidistant from , , and  .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b)  Explain your strategy (not your steps) for constructing the point requested in part (a).

6.     Julio did not understand his teachersÕ example of how explaining his strategy for answering a question is different from giving the procedure he used to answer the question. Please help Julio understand this difference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.     In the diagram below, N is equidistant from both sides of . What is the value of x?