Prentice Hall Geometry

You can use locus descriptions for geometric terms.

An angle has an angle bisector, with segments extending from the bisector and meeting each side of the angle at right angles.

The locus of points in the interior of an angle that are equidistant from the sides of the angle is an angle bisector.

A horizontal line bisects vertical segment AB.

In a plane, the locus of points that are equidistant from a segment's endpoints is the perpendicular bisector of the segment.

Sometimes a locus is described by two conditions. You can draw the locus by first drawing the points that satisfy each condition. Then find their intersection.


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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall Geometry Chapter 1 Tools of Geometry Chapter 2 Reasoning and Proof Chapter 3 Parallel and Perpendicular Lines Chapter 4 Congruent Triangles Chapter 5 Relationships Within Triangles Chapter 6 Polygons and Quadrilaterals Chapter 7 Similarity Chapter 8 Right Triangles and Trigonometry Chapter 9 Transformations Chapter 10 Area Chapter 11 Surface Area and Volume Chapter 12 Circles Skills Handbook Reference Visual Glossary Selected Answers Index Acknowledgments