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document.write( "  GH  = GE +    EH\r\n" );
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document.write( "z + 6 =  z + (2z - 4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "z + 6 =  z + 2z - 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "z + 6 =  3z - 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "  -2z = -10\r\n" );
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document.write( "    z = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "So GE = z = 5\r\n" );
document.write( "   EH = 2z - 4 = 2(5) - 4 = 10 - 4 = 6\r\n" );
document.write( "   GH = z + 6 = 5 + 6 = 11\r\n" );
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document.write( "No E is not the midpoint of GH since GEEH,\r\n" );
document.write( "they would have had to be  each, but one\r\n" );
document.write( "is 5 an the other 6.\r\n" );
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