Question

Solve the following Three friends - Jim, Stevo, and Bornie live on the same side of a street. Stove's house is halfway between Jim's and Bernie's houses. If the locations of Jim's and Bernie's houses can be given by the coordinates (2.5) and (4.17), what coordinates represent the location of Stovo's house?

Answer 1

Stovo's house coordinates

We have the coordinates of the house of two of the three friends, and we want to find the third's:

Jim's: (2, 5)

Bernie's: (4, 17)

Stevo's: (x, y)

We only know Stove's house is halfway between Jim's and Bernie's houses. An approximation :

We want to find the coordinates of the middle point:

In the x-axis the middle between 2 and 4 is

`(2+4)/(2)=(6)/(2)=3`

In the y-axis the middle between 5 and 17 is

`(5+17)/(2)=(22)/(2)=11`

Then, Stevo's house is at 3 in the x- axis and at 11 in the y-axis. Then the coordinates that represent the location of Stovo's house:

(x, y) = (3, 11)