Question

What are the coordinates of the intersection of the diagonals of parallelogram LMNO, with vertices L(0,-3), M(-2,1), N(1,5), O(3,1)?

Answer 1

ANSWER

$\boxed {( \frac{1}{2} , 1)}$

EXPLANATION

The given parallelogram has vertices,

L(0,-3), M(-2,1), N(1,5), O(3,1).

The diagonals of the parallelogram bisect each other.

From the diagram, we can see that, the diagonals have coordinates L(0,-3),N(1,5)

and

M(-2,1),O(3,1).

The midpoint of any of the diagonals will give us the coordinates of intersection of the diagonals.

Recall the midpoint formula,

$(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2}, \frac{y_2+y_1}{2})$

Using L(0,-3),N(1,5) gives,

$(\frac{0+1}{2}, \frac{ - 3+5}{2})$

$(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{ 2}{2})$

$(\frac{1}{2}, 1)$

Or we could have also used,M(-2,1),O(3,1) to get,

$(\frac{-2+3}{2}, \frac{ 1+1}{2})$

$(\frac{ 1}{2}, \frac{ 2}{2})$

$(\frac{ 1}{2}, 1)$

The correct answer is C