Question

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Answer 1

how are you getting 1/2(b-a)?

Answer 2

how did you get 1/2(b-a) on your paper

Answer 3

yes I know, but on your paper, how did you get 1/2(b-a)

you wrote it down

Answer 4

which one

Answer 5

the longer base is 2a units

the shorter base is _____ units

Answer 6

you sure?

Answer 7

2a is the longer base, a is the length of half of the longer base

Answer 8

that does not tell us the length of the shorter base

Answer 9

you tell me

Answer 10

hmm something seems missing here, let me think

Answer 11

how are you getting b?

Answer 12

yeah something seems to be missing

Answer 13

if you knew the shorter base, then you could figure out where T and W are

Answer 14

but it doesn't give out that info

Answer 15

no we have no guarantee that the shorter base is half of the longer base

Answer 16

it's missing info, there's no way anyone can know for sure

Answer 17

if the shorter base was 2b units

then W would be at (b,c) since you go out b units to the right, then up c units

Answer 18

but this piece of info isn't given, so you can't answer the question

Answer 19

yep that's IF the shorter base is 2b units