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Question

given y is between x and z and xy=6, yz=2a, and xz=42 .find a answer

Answer 1

It looks as if point y lies on the line segment xz and you asked to find the length of yz

x-----------y-------------------z

By the Segment Addition Postulate:

xy + yz = xz

6 + 2a = 42

Solve for a. Once you have the value of a, yz = 2a.