Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 1 - Section 1.3 - Early Definitions and Postulates - Exercises - Page 27: 18

Answer

A segment can bisect another segment but not a line. A line can bisect a segment but not a line.

Work Step by Step

Lines cannot be bisected because they are infinitely long and therefore have no midpoint.
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