Question

Hey intelligent !!!Any help could be appreciated:- If a parallel sides of a trapezoid are contained by the lines Y=1/4 x +5 and Y=- 1/4 x -1 find the equation of the line that contains the mid segment. Please show me the equation to solve this!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

you said they're parallel sides, but the equations have opposite slopes. is there a typo ?

Answer 2

Those lines aren't parallel. They can't be parallel sides since they have different slopes.

Answer 3

yes parallel sides of a trapezoid

Answer 4

check ur equations and confirm :)

Answer 5

that is why I have strugling

Answer 6

wrong problem. skip and move on :)

Answer 7

You definitely didn't type this word-for-word. "If a parallel sides of a trapezoid are contained by the lines...." isn't even good English.

Answer 8

ha ha ha ah sorry guys it is the way it is

Answer 9

np :) check wid the instructor if there is a typo. this kindof problem is pretty easy to solve actually

you just need to find the y intercept using midpoint formula

Answer 10

I thought about midpoint formula too

Answer 11

Any way thanks a lot.

Answer 12

trap and lines

Answer 13

i am correcting the given quesiton :-

Hey intelligent !!!Any help could be appreciated:- If a parallel sides of a trapezoid are contained by the lines Y=1/4 x +5 and Y= 1/4 x -1 find the equation of the line that contains the mid segment. Please show me the equation to solve this!!!!!!!!!

Answer 14

so the slope is 1/4

y intercept of first equation = 5
y intercept of second equation = -1

Answer 15

yup

Answer 16

since midsegement is parallel to the base sides of trap,

slope of midsegment is same as the base sides = 1/4

Answer 17

y intercept wid be average of the y intercepts of base sides = 5-1/2 = 4/2 = 2

Answer 18

so the equation for line containing midsegment wud be :-

y = 1/4x + 2

Answer 19

see if that makes some sense

Answer 20

in terms of to solve for equation yes

Answer 21

good :)

Answer 22

thanks