Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 1 - Section 1.2 - Informal Geometry and Measurement - Exercises - Page 17: 3

Answer

A line segment has two endpoints. A line segment has one midpoint.

Work Step by Step

By definition, a line segment is composed of two endpoints and all other points between them. There is only one point that perfectly bisects a segment, so a line segment has only one midpoint.
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