Posted by john on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 1:03pm.
Middle of BC is
( (1+5)/2 , (-3+7)/2) )
or
(3,2) is point M
so
line through (-3,1) and (3,2)
I bet you can find that line.
Then
line through M perpendicular to BC
slope of BC = 10/-4 = -5/2
so slope we want = 2/5
so line with m = 2/5 that goes through (3,2)
I bet you can do that too.
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