document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=189882>Question 189882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide whether each of the statement is always true, sometimes true, or never true. Explain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) If E is the midpoint of DF, then DE=EF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) If DE=Ef, then E is the midpoint of DF </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Statement a is always true, that is the definition of a midpoint after all\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Statement b is only true if point E lies on the segment DF because the mid-point of a line segment must be a point on the line segment.  E could be other than on the line segment if it were the vertex of isoceles triangle DEF where DE and EF are the congruent sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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