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Eighths and their multiples are common fractions which I recommend memorizing, but to actually solve this, you use the literal meaning of a fraction and divide 5 by 8. See the long-division below (it was surprisingly difficult to type, so I hope it helps!).
To round 0.625 to the nearest hundredth, we go to the second decimal place, which is 5, so we round up to 0.63.
To round 0.625 to the nearest hundredth, we go to the second decimal place, which is 5, so we round up to 0.63.
In the given figure we can determine the coordinate of point M from the graph, we get:
We can also determine the coordinates of point N as:
Now, to determine the length of segment MN, we need to subtract the x-coordinate of M from the coordinates of N, we get:
Subtracting the fractions we get:
Now, to obtain the length of AB we need to subtract the x-coordinate of A from the x-coordinate of B.
The coordinates of A are determined from the graph:
The coordinates of B are:
Therefore, the length of segment AB is:
Now we do the same procedure to determine the segment of CD. The coordinates of C are:
The coordinates of D are:
Therefore, CD is:
Now, we determine MN as half the sum of the bases. The bases are AB and CD, therefore:
Therefore, we have proven that the median of a trapezoid equals half the sum of its bases.