document.write( "Question 157353: I am very confused about proofs (two column, to be exact). I am in 9th grade Geometry. We are writing proofs using theorems, postulates, and definitions. My question is, how do you know what to write for each step? How do you even know what the next step is?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #716244 by amalm06(224) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If RT=RS, then R is the midpoint of line segment TS. The sum is always greater than its parts, so RS cannot be congruent to TS when all the points are collinear.\r
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