Question

What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment whose endpoints are (6,10) and (-6,0)?

A) (5,0) B) ( 0,5) C) (0,10) D) (0,5)

Answer 1

Middle means take the average of the two numbers.

Answer 2

is it y^2-y^1

Answer 3

no. Take the average of 6 and -6, then the average of 10 and 0.

Answer 4

oh, ok

Answer 5

@tkhunny what do you think?

Answer 6

Is it C?

Answer 7

Really, you can just do x and y separately. You'll be done in no time.

(6,10) and (-6,0)?

What's in the middle of 6 and -6?
What's in the middle of 10 and 0?

No guessing.

Answer 8

between 6 and -6 is 6

Answer 9

between 0 and 10 is 10

Answer 10

No, 6 is one of the end-points. You need the middle.

The middle between 1 and 3 is 2.
The middle between 0 and 4 is 2.
The middle between -1 and 5 is 2.

Answer 11

between 6 and -6 is 3?

Answer 12

between 0 and 10 is 5

Answer 13

0,5

Answer 14

Graphing helps estimate the answer:

Answer 15

Good on the 0 and 10. Not so good on the 6 and -6.

Answer 16

is it -3?

Answer 17

How to find the average of two numbers a & b:

\[average \space = (a+b)/2\]

Example: The average of -7 and 5 is (-7 + 5)/2 = -2/2 = -1.

Answer 18

the answer is 3

Answer 19

I keep getting 3

Answer 20

You are just throwing darts.

Please put 6 and -6 on a number line. Just look at it and take a wild guess at what lies in the middle of the line segment connecting the two.

Stop guessing.

Answer 21

0

Answer 22

0,10

Answer 23

Remember "0"

Please put 0 and 10 on a number line. Just look at it and take a wild guess at what lies in the middle of the line segment connecting the two.

Answer 24

5

Answer 25

Makes sense, yes?