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A surveyor is measuring the distance across a lake as shown below. In triangle ABC , M and are midpoints . What is the width across the lake (BC)? 96 yds 32 yds 16 yds 6 yds 64 yds
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A surveyor is measuring the distance across a lake as shown below. In triangle ABC , M and are midpoints . What is the width across the lake (BC)? 96 yds

32 yds
16 yds
6 yds
64 yds

A surveyor is measuring the distance across a lake as shown below. In triangle ABC-example-1
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Answer:

64 yds

Explanation:

by proportion, MN is half way to BC, so BC = 2(MN) = 64 yds

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