A line segment is a portion of a line with a measurable length. The midpoint of a line segment is the point exactly halfway between the endpoints. The midpoint bisects (cuts in half) the line segment.

The first step to solve a quadratic equation that's set to zero is to factor the quadratic equation:

b² + 11b + 30 = 0
(b + 5)(b + 6) = 0

For this expression to be true, the left side of the expression must equal zero. Therefore, either (b + 5) or (b + 6) must equal zero:

If (b + 5) = 0, b must equal -5
If (b + 6) = 0, b must equal -6

So the solution is that b = -5 or -6

To solve this equation, repeatedly do the same thing to both sides of the equation until the variable is isolated on one side of the equal sign and the answer on the other.

-7c + 1 = \( \frac{c}{1} \)
1 x (-7c + 1) = c
(1 x -7c) + (1 x 1) = c
-7c + 1 = c
-7c + 1 - c = 0
-7c - c = -1
-8c = -1
c = \( \frac{-1}{-8} \)
c = \(\frac{1}{8}\)

A circle is a figure in which each point around its perimeter is an equal distance from the center. The radius of a circle is the distance between the center and any point along its perimeter. A chord is a line segment that connects any two points along its perimeter. The diameter of a circle is the length of a chord that passes through the center of the circle and equals twice the circle's radius (2r).

The slope-intercept equation for a line is y = mx + b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept of the line. From the graph, you can see that the y-intercept (the y-value from the point where the line crosses the y-axis) is 0. The slope of this line is the change in y divided by the change in x. The endpoints of this line segment are at (-2, 4) and (2, -4) so the slope becomes:

Plugging these values into the slope-intercept equation:

y = -2x + 0