3. Diego and Anya live 72 miles apart. They both meet at their favorite restaurant, which is (16x – 3) miles from Diego's house and (5x + 2) miles from Anya's house. Diego argues that in a straight line distance, the restaurant is halfway between his house and Anya's house. Is Diego right? Justify your reasoning. Midpoint and distance can also be calculated on a coordinate plane. The coordinate plane is a plane that is divided into regions (called quadrants) by a horizontal line (_ and a vertical line (_ > The location, or coordinates, of a point are given by an ordered pair,

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3. Diego and Anya live 72 miles apart. They both meet at
their favorite restaurant, which is (16x – 3) miles from
Diego's house and (5x + 2) miles from Anya's house.
Diego argues that in a straight line distance, the restaurant
is halfway between his house and Anya's house. Is Diego
right? Justify your reasoning.
Midpoint and distance can also be calculated on a
coordinate plane.
The coordinate plane is a plane that is divided into
regions (called quadrants) by a horizontal line (_
and a vertical line (_
> The location, or coordinates, of a point are given by
an ordered pair,
Transcribed Image Text:3. Diego and Anya live 72 miles apart. They both meet at their favorite restaurant, which is (16x – 3) miles from Diego's house and (5x + 2) miles from Anya's house. Diego argues that in a straight line distance, the restaurant is halfway between his house and Anya's house. Is Diego right? Justify your reasoning. Midpoint and distance can also be calculated on a coordinate plane. The coordinate plane is a plane that is divided into regions (called quadrants) by a horizontal line (_ and a vertical line (_ > The location, or coordinates, of a point are given by an ordered pair,
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