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Shaypop:

The quadrilateral shown is a rectangle. What is the measure of CE

Shaypop:

Shaypop:

snowflake0531:

The diagonals cross at the midpoint of both, so AE=CE

Shaypop:

So its 14

Shaypop:

No it's 7

snowflake0531:

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Shaypop So its 14 \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\) yes.... it's the same length, so 14

Shaypop:

Why it can't be 7

snowflake0531:

Because \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @snowflake0531 The diagonals cross at the midpoint of both, so AE=CE \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{End of Quote}}\)

snowflake0531:

When they cross, they cross at midpoint, so the two halves are equal length, one length is 14, so the other must also be 14

Shaypop:

Ok

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