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If XZ= 50, what are XY and YZ ? Exolain how to show work and how you got your answer.

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It's not clear where point Y is located. If Y is the midpoint, and Y is on line XZ, then we can say that XY = 25 and YZ = 25 (since Y cuts XZ in half; the two equal portions are XY and YZ)

I'm using the segment addition postulate XY+YZ = XZ

However, all of this is based on the assumption that Y is the midpoint and on line XZ.
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