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Geometry Chapter 4
chapter 4
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Mathematics
9th Grade
11/03/2009

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Term
shortest path postulate
Definition
a line segment is the shortest path between two points.
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distance between two points
Definition
the distance between two points is the length of the line segment connecting them.
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Equidistant
Definition
two points are equidistant from a given point if the line segments connecting each point to the given point are congruent
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equidistance theorem
Definition
if two points are equidistant from the end points of a segment, then the line between those two points is the perpindicular bisector of the segment
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perpindicular bisector theorem
Definition
if a point is on perpinducular bisector of a segment then the point is equidistant form the endpoints of the segment
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