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Lucy, Eduardo, Carmen, and Frank live on the same street. Eduardo's house is halfway between Lucy's house and Frank's house. Lucy's house is halfway between Carmen's house and Frank's house If the distance between Eduardo's house and Lucy's house is 150 ft, what is the distance in feet between Carmen's house and Eduardo's house?

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Represent the houses using the first letter of the people and as points on a segment. Since EE is halfway between LL and FF, then LE=EFLE=EF. Since LL is halfway between CC and FF, then CL=LFCL=LF. We also label LE=150LE=150 ft so that we need to find CECE:

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