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Exercise 13 Page 28

Find AC with the Segment Addition Postulate, by adding the length of AB and BC.

AC=39

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To find AC, we should use the Segment Addition Postulate. This postulate tells us that, if we have a point between two points, we can add the lengths of the two smaller segments to find the longer segment length. In our case, B is between A and C, so we can get the length AC by adding AB and BC. AC = AB + BC From the diagram, we know that the length AB is 13 and the length BC is 26. Now, we can use this to calculate AC.
AC=AB+BC
AC= 13+ 26
AC=39
The length AC is 39.