document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=986481>Question 986481</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given AC=2(AB)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Prove B is the midpoint of AC </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can't prove that B is the midpoint of AC.  Consider the following situation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The measure of AC is 4 units and the measure of AB is 2 units.  2 times 2 is certainly 4, but B is certainly not the midpoint of AC.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now if you had bothered to mention that B was located on the line segment AC, that would have been a different story.  But that isn't what you asked, is it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Extra credit:  Why would it have been insufficient to state that A, B, and C are collinear?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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