Question

Beth is planning a playground and has decided to place the swings in such a way that they are the same distance from the jungle gym and the monkey bars. If Beth places the swings at point D, how could she prove that point D is equidistant from the jungle gym and monkey bars?
If segment DC bisects segment AB, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because a point on a perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment it intersects.
If segment DC bisects segment AB, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because congruent parts of congruent triangles are congruent.
If segment AD bisects segment AB, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because a point on a perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment it intersects.
If segment AD bisects segment AB, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because congruent parts of congruent triangles are congruent.

Answer 1

Option A is correct. If segment DC bisects segment AB, then point D is equidistant from points A and B because a point on a perpendicular bisector is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment it intersects. This can be obtained using perpendicular bisector theorem.

What is perpendicular bisector theorem ?

Perpendicular bisector theorem : In a plane, if we choose a point, say D, on the perpendicular bisector,say PQ, drawn from segment, say AB, then the point D is equidistant from the endpoints, that is A and B, of the segment.

That is, perpendicular bisector PQ of line segment AB is the line with         Q = 90° and Q is the midpoint of AB ⇒ AQ = BQ. A point on PQ say D is equidistant from A and B ⇒AD and BD.

Thus in the given question we can use perpendicular bisector theorem.

Here DC is the perpendicular bisector of the line segment AB and therefore AD and BD are equal.

Hence it is clear that Option A is correct.

     

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