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Segment addition postulate

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In geometry, the segment addition postulate states that if B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC. The converse is not necessarily true. It fails when point B coincides with either A or C, in which case AB + BC = AC is true, but B is not "between" A and C. The segment addition postulate is often useful in proving results on the congruence of segments.

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