SOLUTION: A landscape designer plans to add five trees in a line along a retaining wall for added privacy. if she selects coordinates (0,5) and (14,0) for the outermost trees, and all the tr

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Question 910950: A landscape designer plans to add five trees in a line along a retaining wall for added privacy. if she selects coordinates (0,5) and (14,0) for the outermost trees, and all the trees are equally spaced, find the coordinates of the positions of the remaining three trees
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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midpoint of 0,5,14,0 is (7,2.5)
midpoint of 0,5,7,2.5 (3.5,3.75)
midpoint of 7,2.5,14,0 (10.5,1.25)
The five points in order
0,5
(3.5,3.75)
7,2.5
(10.5,1.25)
14,0