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2. Measuring and Constructing Segments
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Exercise 7 Page 390

The Segment Addition Postulate can be used to compute the length between two points if there is a third point between the points. The three points must be collinear, which means they have to be on the same line.

As we can see in the picture, the point is not between and Therefore, we cannot use the Segment Addition Postulate to find the distance between and