Thursday, September 17, 2009

1.3 Part 1- Midpoint Formula





Goal: Find lengths of segments in the coordinate planes

- skateboard

-Windwill

VOCABULARY


Midpoint

The point that divides ( or bisects) a segment into two congruent segments

Segment bisector

A point, ray, line, line segment, or plane that intersects the segment at its midpoint


THE MIDPOINT FORMULA

The coordinates of the midpoint of a segment are the averages of the x-coordinates and of the y-coordinates of the endpoints.

NOTE: refer to images