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Please Help; I'm on a deadline!

B is the midpoint of AC, D is the midpoint of CE, and AE = 29. Find BD.

A. 13.5
B. 29
C. 58
D. 14.5

Please Help; I'm on a deadline! B is the midpoint of AC, D is the midpoint of CE, and-example-1
User Holdenweb
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Since D is midpoint.

Similarly BD = 1/2(AE)

BD = (1/2)*29

= 14.5

Option D.

User Kyle Ward
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AE is 2 times the length of BD

If AE is 29, divide by 2

29/2 = 14.5
User Vitaly Kravtsov
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