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If points A,B and C are on the same line with B between A and C, then AB+ BC = AC.

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From the question, we can see that:

AB = 5

BC = 5

Therefore, we have that:

AC = AB + BC ---> AC = 5 + 5 ---> AC = 10, as we can see in the example.

What we can see from the tool is that you can move the point B to the left or to the right so you can understand the segment addition postulate.

For example, you can move point B so that AB now be equal to 4. Then, the value for the segment BC is now 6. Then, AB = 4 and BC = 6, and AB + BC = AC ---> 4 + 6 = 10.

In summary, we can move the point B as we want to the right or to the left of the segment of the line AC, we always will have that:

AB + BC = AC.

If points A,B and C are on the same line with B between A and C, then AB+ BC = AC-example-1
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