Question

Help Me!!

Answer 1

Find the point that is one-fourth of the way from (1,7) to (18,22)

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

find the midpoint from (1,7) to (18,22)

call this midpoint M

Answer 4

sorry for bothering you again you really help

Answer 5

once you have M, use this to find the midpoint from (1,7) to M

Answer 6

this works because the quarter point is exactly half way between the starting point and the midpoint

Answer 7

and what about the "one-fourth" in the sentence, what do we do with that?

Answer 8

look at my next post after that

Answer 9

@jim_thompson5910 okay, i got (9.5,14.5)

Answer 10

so that's your point M

Answer 11

yup

Answer 12

now you must find the midpoint from the starting point (1,7) to M(9.5, 14.5)

Answer 13

im lost, how would I do that?

Answer 14

the same way you found the midpoint between the two original points (ignore M)

Answer 15

Would it be

Answer 16

i think i have an idea

Answer 17

i cant write it in the equation button, but would it be 1+x^2

Answer 18

ughh

Answer 19

not sure how you're getting that

Answer 20

just find the midpoint between (1,7) and (9.5, 14.5)

Answer 21

so add up the coordinates, divide by 2

Answer 22

i mean would one point be 19?

Answer 23

how are you getting 19?

Answer 24

find the midpoint between (1,7) and (9.5, 14.5)

Answer 25

its a mess but i tried

Answer 26

(1+9.5)/2 = ???

Answer 27

can you please set it up into the formula. this is new stuff for me and tommorow i have a test based on this

Answer 28

what does (1+9.5)/2 evaluate to

Answer 29

5.25

Answer 30

so that's the x coordinate of the midpoint between (1,7) and (9.5, 14.5)

ie...it's the x coordinate of the quarter point

Answer 31

do the same for the y coordinates

Answer 32

so for the y coordinates i would add 7+14.5 which will give me 21.5 and then divide it by 2 which will give me 21.5

Answer 33

21.5/2 = ??

Answer 34

you typed 21.5 twice

Answer 35

oops my bad its 10.75

Answer 36

yep, so the quarter point is (5.25, 10.75)

Answer 37

okay so will i always divide by 2? how do i know what do divide to? and would i always be adding as well?

Answer 38

we're just finding midpoints

Answer 39

a quarter point is a midpoint between the start and the original midpoint