Points O, A, B lie on a line. OA = 12 cm and OB = 9 cm. Find the distance between the midpoints of segments OA
and
OB
in each case.
a
Point O lies on segment
AB
.

10.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let E be the midpoint of OA  and F be the midpoint of OB. 

If point O is placed between A and B, then points E and F are placed on different sides from O. The segment OE has length 12÷2=6 cm and segment OF has length 9÷2=4.5 cm. Than EF=6+4.5=10.5 cm.

If point O is placed outside the segment AB, then point B is closer to point O than point A, because OA>OB. Since OE=6 cm and OF=4.5 cm, EF=6-4.5=1.5 cm.

If the order of points is A, O, B, then the midpoints of AO and OB will be separated by half the length of AB: (12 cm + 9 cm)/2 = 10.5 cm.

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