Question

If the parallel sides of a trapezoid contained by the lines y = -x + 5 and y = -x - 9, what equation represents the line contained by the midsegment?
A. y = -x – 2
B. y = x + 2
C. y equals negative one-half x plus 7
D. y = -x + 7

Answer 1

mid-segment will be halfway between the two parallel sides
(+5-9)/2 = -2

\[\Large \therefore y = -x-2\]

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