Line segment - math word problems

  1. Coordinates of a centroind
    triangle_234 Let’s A = [3, 2, 0], B = [1, -2, 4] and C = [1, 1, 1] be 3 points in space. Calculate the coordinates of the centroid of △ABC (the intersection of the medians).
  2. A cell tower
    tower A cell tower is located at coordinates (-5, -7) and has a circular range of 12 units. If Mr. XYZ is located at coordinates (4,5), will he be able to get a signal?
  3. Distance between 2 points
    axes2 Find the distance between the points (7, -9), (-1, -9)
  4. Set of coordinates
    axes2 Consider the following ordered pairs that represent a relation. {(–4, –7), (0, 6), (5, –3), (5, 2)} What can be concluded of the domain and range for this relation?
  5. MG=7x-15,
    segment_6 MG=7x-15, FG=33, x=? Point M is the midpoint of FG. Find unknown x.
  6. Midpoint 6
    segment_5 FM=8a+1, FG=42, a=? Point M is the midpoint of FG. Find unknown a.
  7. Find midpoint
    midpoint FM=5y+13, MG=5-3y, FG=? M is the midpoint of FG. Use the given information to find the missing measure or value.
  8. Midpoint 5
    segment_4 FM=3x-4, MG=5x-26, FG=? Point M is the midpoint of FG. Use the given information to find the missing measure or value.
  9. Vertices of a right triangle
    right_triangle_5 Show that the points D(2,1), E(4,0), F(5,7) are vertices of a right triangle.
  10. Midpoint 4
    segment_3 If the midpoint of a segment is (6,3) and the other end point is (8,-4) what are thw coordinate of the other end?
  11. Coordinates of midpoint
    linear_eq_4 If the midpoint of the segment is (6,3) and the other end is (8,4) what are the coordinate of the other end?
  12. Three points
    abs1_1 Three points A (-3;-5) B (9;-10) and C (2;k) . AB=AC What is value of k?
  13. Right triangle from axes
    axes2 A line segment has its ends on the coordinate axes and forms with them a triangle of area equal to 36 square units. The segment passes through the point ( 5,2). What is the slope of the line segment?
  14. Find the 3
    segment_2 Find the distance and mid-point between A(1,2) and B(5,5).
  15. Three points 2
    vectors_sum0 The three points A(3, 8), B(6, 2) and C(10, 2). The point D is such that the line DA is perpendicular to AB and DC is parallel to AB. Calculate the coordinates of D.
  16. Line segment
    lines_7 The 4 cm long line segment is enlarged in the ratio of 5/2. How many centimeters will measure the new line segment?
  17. Trapezoid - intersection of diagonals
    intersect_trapezoid_diagonals In the ABCD trapezoid is AB = 8 cm long, trapezium height 6 cm, and distance of diagonals intersection from AB is 4 cm. Calculate trapezoid area.
  18. Equation of circle 2
    circle_axes Find the equation of a circle which touches the axis of y at a distance 4 from the origin and cuts off an intercept of length 6 on the axis x.
  19. Points on line segment
    segment Points P & Q belong to segment AB. If AB=a, AP = 2PQ = 2QB, find the distance: between point A and the midpoint of the segment QB.
  20. Right angled triangle 2
    vertex_triangle_right LMN is a right angled triangle with vertices at L(1,3), M(3,5) and N(6,n). Given angle LMN is 90° find n

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