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To locate the midpoint M of AB, how should you fold the piece of paper?

To locate the midpoint M of AB, how should you fold the piece of paper?-example-1
User Liana
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Answer: Choice D

Fold the paper so that A is on top of B

Or vice versa

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Step-by-step explanation:

M is the midpoint of segment AB.

This means that segments AM and MB are the same length, by definition of what it means to be a midpoint.

We have symmetry going on about point M. When we fold the paper, we're introducing symmetry. Point M will be on the folding line, and the folding line is the perpendicular bisector of AB.

It might help to use dark/heavy ink so that you can see the points on either side of the paper.

User Howard Lee
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Answer:

a on top of b

Step-by-step explanation:

folding line in half not the paper

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