Aaron planned the positions and movement of a robot on a coordinate grid. The robot moved along a straight line from A(6, 6) to B(0, 14), stopping once at the midpoint. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment AB at which the robot stopped?
Answer

(3, 20)

(6, 7)

(3, 10)

(6, 20)

Question

Aaron planned the positions and movement of a robot on a coordinate grid. The robot moved along a straight line from A(6, 6) to B(0, 14), stopping once at the midpoint. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment AB at which the robot stopped?
 Answer

(3, 20)

(6, 7)

(3, 10)

(6, 20)

anonymous · Answer

(3,10)

mertsj · Answer

Use the midpoint formula.  (Think of the midpoint as the average of the endpoints.)|dw:1322618894150:dw|