Please help me! Given triangle ABC with A(-4,-2), B(4,4), and C(18,-8) write the equation for the line containing the perpendicular bisector of segment AC in point slope form. SHOW WORK.

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The slope of segment AC is  (-6/22) = -3/11 .

The slopes of perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals, so
you know that the slope of the perpendicular bisector will be 11/3 .

The midpoint of segment AC is  (7, -5) .

Now you have the slope of the perpendicular bisector, and
a point on it.  You should be able to complete the equation now.

Notice how sneaky this question is.  You don't need to know
point-B at all, and you don't even need to know that there's
any triangle.  All you need to know is points  A  and  C .
 
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