Weighted Average Exploration

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  1. Task 1: Explore the diagram by moving the points and changing their weights. Answer the questions below. (.ggb)
     
  2. The weighted average is also known as the center of mass. Explore how the center of mass changes as the points and their masses change. (.ggb)
     
  3. Task 2: The park director wants to install 2 drinking fountains. The water fountain, the playground, and the baseball field are to be equidistant apart. Where will the 2 drinking fountains be (.ggb)
     
  4. Task 3: Your job is to paint parking spaces and your boss asked you to paint a line segment perpendicular to the yellow line. The painted line must also go through point P. (.ggb)
     
  5. Task 4: The school's emblem is a regular hexagon. You are to inscribed the emblem in the blue circle at the center of the basketball court. (.ggb)