Common Core · High school
HSG-GPE.B.6
High school — Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.
The skill that covers it
What a student should be able to do
- Find the midpoint of a segment and the distance between two points.
- Use slopes to decide whether two segments are parallel, perpendicular or neither.
- Find the point that divides a segment in a given ratio.
- Classify a triangle or quadrilateral from the coordinates of its vertices and find its perimeter or area.