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Kite ABCD has a longer diagonal AC with a length of 14 in. and a shorter diagonal BD with a length of 8 in. The diagonals intersect at point E. What is the length of BE?

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The long diagonal cuts the short diagonal in half

Thus BE = 1/2 * BD = 1/2 * 8 = 4 in.
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