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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the midpoint of the segment that has the given points as endpoints. Use the negative reciprocal of the slope of the segment joining the two given points and the midpoint to derive, with the use of the Point-Slope form of an equation of a line, an equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the two given points. Since any point on a perpendicular bisector of a segment is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment, all you need to do is determine the

-intercept of the perpendicular bisector.
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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