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Answer 1

The distance between two points is the number of units between them.

Halfway points (a) and (b)

To locate a point halfway points (a) and (b), we use the following steps

• Calculate the absolute difference between both points
• Divide the absolute difference by 2
• Add the quotient to the smaller point.

Assume the smaller value is (a), the point (P) halfway points (a) and (b) would be

$P = a + \frac{|a - b|}{2}$

Take for instance, a = 5, and b = 10.

The halfway point would be:

$P = 5 + \frac{|5 - 10|}{2}$

$P = 5 + \frac{5}{2}$

$P = 5 + 2.5$

$P = 7.5$

The halfway point between 5 and 10 is 7.5

The formula works for negative values, and absolute values are used to return the actual difference between both points

Real world circumstance

The formula can be used to calculate the halfway distance between a school gate and the school library (as an instance)

Fractional distance

To determine the fractional distance, we simply replace the 1/2 in the original formula with the appropriate fraction.

Take for instance, three-fourths from (a) to (b) would be:

$P = a + \frac{3|a - b|}{4}$

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