Answer
If $X$ is a point on the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{AB}$, then $\overline{XB}$ is not congruent to $\overline{XA}$.
Work Step by Step
For the first step in an indirect proof, we have to negate the "then" part of the statement.
So we can write that if $X$ is a point on the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{AB}$, then $\overline{XB}$ is not congruent to $\overline{XA}$.