Been There Done That Can We Connect?

Authors

Sudhir Goel, Valdosta State UniversityFollow
Patricia Bezona

Abstract

A standard topic in a College Algebra course is to find the coordinates of the midpoint of a line segment connecting two points. In the early twentieth century [1] and [2], in a few texts, this idea was extended to find the coordinates of a point that divides a line segment in any given ratio. In this paper, we present a neat application of this extended idea, and further use it to find the co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle with vertices A(x₁, y₁), B(x₂, y₂) and C(x₃, y₃).

Recommended Citation

Goel, Sudhir and Bezona, Patricia (2013) "Been There Done That Can We Connect?," Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 71, No. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol71/iss2/8