This week we started our new unit on Wednesday. The unit is mostly based on line segments, and how to find the distance and midpoint of a line segment.
How do you find the distance between 2 points of a line section?
- First, you need a line segment, so let’s use an example from the workbook but chage up the numbers. So here, we start with Line Segment A, which is (2,6) and B, which is (8,6)
- Next, let’s draw that line onto the graph paper.
- Those 2 dots represent each of the points given. So, you can either count the spaces between the 2 points, or simply take 8, and minus 2 from it.
- So, 8-2 is equal to 6, so the distance between them is 6 units.
How do you find the midpoint of a line from knowing the distance?
- A way is to take both numbers, divide each by 2 and then add it together. (8 divided by 2=4, 2 divided by 2=1. 4+1=5)
- Another way is to add both numbers together, and divide that by 2. Since 8+2=10, 10 divided by 2=5.
