document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1198202>Question 1198202</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If segment OM is perpendicular to segment BA, segment ON is perpendicular to segment CB, M is the midpoint of segment AB, N is the midpoint of segment BC\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Prove: segment OA = segment OB = segment OC </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the formal proof, if a formal proof is needed.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since ON is perpendicular to CB and N is the midpoint of segment CB, triangles ONB and ONC are congruent, which makes segments OB and OC congruent.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "By the same argument, triangles OMA and OMB are congruent, making segments OA and OB congruent.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So segments OA, OB, and OC are all congruent.<br><BR>\n" );
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