All four B points are equidistant from points A and C. Are they all midpoints of AC? Justify your answer.

Mathematics

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Rina8888 [55]2 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

For a point to be the midpoint of a line segment, it must bisect it into two equal segments and be on the line segment (hence, colinear with the endpoints). All four B points are equidistant from points A and C, but aren’t colinear with A and C. Therefore, they aren’t all midpoints of line segment AC.

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