This task provides a construction of the angle bisector of an angle by reducing it to the bisection of an angle to finding the midpoint of a line segment. It is worth observing the symmetry -- for both finding midpoints and bisecting angles, the goal is to cut an object into two equal parts.
General Information
Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Suggested Technology:
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office
Keywords: angles, bisection, midpoints, line segments, symmetry, Florida Standards
Instructional Component Type(s):
Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection:
Illustrative Mathematics