Chord Perpendicular Bisector

Properties of Chords I

  1. Construct a Circle.
  2. Construct a chord on the circle (a segment with endpoints on the circle.
  3. Construct the perpendicular bisector to the chord
What do you notice about the perpendicular bisector?

Chord and Perpendicular Bisector

Properties of the Perpendicular Bisector of a Chord

What is always true about the perpendicular bisector of a chord?

Final Product

Final Product
This is what you will be making