Question

Andy was given a line segment. He constructed a line segment bisector of the line segment using the folding method. He was told that the line segment bisector divided his line segment into pieces that a centimeters long. How long was Andy's original line segment?
2 cm
1.45 cm
5.8 cm
2.9 cm

Answer 1

A bisector splits a segment into two equal parts, so the original length is 2a = 2 × 1.45 = 2.90 cm.
Answer: 2.9 cm.