Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Preparing to Do Analytic Proofs - Exercises - Page 474: 30b

Answer

$s-r$

Work Step by Step

We use the segment addition postulate: $RS = s +(-r) = s-r$. Note, since r is a negative number (and lengths can't be negative), we multiply r by $-1$.
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