Finding the Length of a Line Segment

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Taught by mrbrianmclogan
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Errors in this video:

At about the 0:55 mark, the teacher says 4-1.6 is going to give me 3.4; he should have said 2.4.

Lesson Description:

Finding the length of a segment given the whole and part

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Questions answered by this video:
  • How long is segment AB if line segment AC is 4 meters long, and line segment BC is 1.6 meters long?
  • Staff Review

    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    This lesson shows how to find the length of part of a line segment when you know how long the entire line segment is, and you know how long the other part of the line segment is.