You take the two endpoints of a line segment, and use the distance formula on it. The distance formula is the square root of (x1-x1)2 + (y1-y2)2
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Mostly because, assuming it just one segment, a midpoint by definition (mid- means middle) is the point at the exact middle of a line segment; whereas the length of the segment is the entire length of the segment. Pretty much, a midpoint is a point in the middle of the line, the length is the measurement of the same line.
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a line can be indefinitely extended but a line segment is a part. a line segment cannot be extended:)
Bisect a segment is to divide the line segment into 2
A line segment has end points