![]() ![]() ![]() We know that point 4 is equidistant from both ends of the segment, but in general we can also find out the length of our segment and divide it by two to find the length between the median and each of the end points.our line segments length is 2 units, (since it starts at 3 and ends at 5) and if we wanted to find the midpoint of the segment, you can simply divide its length into halves and add the value to 3 (just try it on paper!) If we use the formula for median then its (3+5)/2, we also get 4, but why this works? Here's how it works Suppose you have a line segment on the number line with start point 3 and end point 5,the midpoint of the segment is 4. The formula for finding out the median is the sum of those two numbers divided by two. Simply defined A median is a number that is between two numbers which is exactly halfway, like for example the median of 3 and 5 is 4 (There are many numbers between 3 and 5.but 4 is the median because the difference between 3 and 4 is the same as the difference between 4 and 5) So if you take on the number line, the median of 3 and 5 must be equidistant from both 3 and 5. ![]()
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