(Effective Alternative Secondary Education)

MATHEMATICS III

Module 2
Plane Coordinate Geometry

Module 2
Department of Education
BUREAU OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue,Pasig City
 Plane Coordinate Geometry

What this module is about

This module will discuss how the distance between two points can be derived by
applying the Pythagorean theorem. By using the derivation of distance, this module will
also define and discuss the midpoint formula. Furthermore, this module will also define
and verify figures and their characteristics on the coordinate plane using the
coordinate proof. This will also enhance your knowledge of distances between two
points and how to get the lengths of segments and sides of polygons.

What you are expected to learn

This module is written for you to

1. Derive the distance formula using the Pythagorean theorem.

2. Apply the distance formula in finding lengths of segments.
3. Verify congruence of segments by applying the distance formula.
4. Derive the midpoint formula.
5. Verify the midpoint of a segment using the distance formula.
6. Solve problems that are application of the distance and midpoint formula.

How much do you know

Answer the following questions as indicated.

1. If the coordinate of point X is - 2 , and the coordinate of point Y is 3, what is the
length of XY ?
Find the distance between the following given pairs of points.
2. M(5, 5) and N(9, 8)
3. R(0, 6) and S(8, 0)
4. P(4, -3) and Q(4, 4)
Find the coordinate of the midpoint X of the segments whose endpoints are:
5. (3, 0), (7, 6)
6. (-2, -3), (-6, 9)
7. (8, 1), (-5, 5)
8. Find the perimeter of a triangle whose vertices are at the given points A(2, 3),
B(5, 7), C(0, 1).
9. If A is the midpoint of MN , determine the coordinates of A if the coordinates
of the endpoints are M(-4, -3) and N(5, 7)
 10. The coordinates of the vertices of a quadrilateral are (6, 0), (2, 3), (3, -4) and (-1,
-1). What kind of quadrilateral is formed when you connect the vertices?

What you will do

Lesson 1

The Distance Formula

When you refer to the distance between any two points on the plane, either
horizontally, vertically or any other positions, then what you mean is getting the length of
the segment joining the two points.

Illustrations: Horizontal Distance

A B

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

The distance between A and B, which is denoted by AB is 4

AB = │5 – 0│= │5│= 5.

Vertical Distance 3
E
The distance between E and F, which is denoted by EF is
EF = │3 – (-1)│ = │4│ = 4. 2

Distance between two points or length of a segment is always a unique

positive real number. That is why it is necessary to use the symbol ││ for 1
absolute value.

If x1 and x2 are the coordinates of A and B respectively on a 0

horizontal number line, then the distance between A and B is denoted by
-1
F AB = │x2 – x1│

If y1 and y2 are the coordinates of E and F respectively on a -2

vertical number line, then the distance between E and F is denoted by

EF = │y2 – y1│
Examples:

Find the length of the following segments:

-5 5
 a. CD Y
b. XY
c. RS 5 5
C (1,4) D (8,4)

X (6,2)

X 0

R (-7,-4) S (0,-4) Y (6,-3)

-5 -5

-5 5
Solution:
a. Points C and D have the same y-coordinate. Therefore, distance CD is
denoted by
CD = │8 – 1│ = │7│ = 7

b. Points X and Y have the same x-coordinate. So distance XY can computed as

XY = │2 –(-3)│ = │2 + 3│= 5

c. Points R and S have the same y-coordinate. So distance RS is

RS = │-7 - 0│ = │-7│= 7

Suppose the given segment on a coordinate plane is neither horizontal nor

vertical. How are you going to find the distance?

Let M (x1, y1) and N(x2, y2) be two points on a Cartesian coordinate plane. Let
there be another point A where an imaginary horizontal segment through M intersects
an imaginary segment through N.
Y

N(x2,y2)

M(x1,y1) A(x2,y1)
X

Observe that right triangle MAN is formed on the coordinate plane. The distance
between M and N is equal to the length of the hypotenuse MN of the right triangle.
By the Pythagorean theorem,
 (MN)2 = (MA)2 + (NA)2
But in the earlier discussion, you were given the some formula how to get the distance
on the horizontal number line and the vertical number line. You can just call them
horizontal distance and vertical distance. Therefore if you substitute the previous
formula to the above formula you will get
(MA)2 = │x2 – x1│ and
(NA)2 = │y2 – y1│
Putting together the formula above and the Pythagorean theorem, you will have

(MN)2 = │x2 - x1│2 + │y2 – y1│2.

Simplifying, you will get the distance formula. The distance between two points M(x 1, y1)
and N(x2, y2) is given by the formula,

MN = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2

This we can do since the absolute value of a number is non negative, so is the square
of a number is also non negative.

Examples:

1. Use the distance formula to find the length of the given segments in the coordinate
plane.

a. AB -5 Y 5
b. LP A
c. RS
d. TU R L
5 5

X 0 P
T

-5 S -5
U

-5
Solutions: In each of the following 5
segments, determine first the coordinates of the
endpoints from the graphs.

a. AB ; A(2, 7), B(5, 3)

x1 = 2 x2 = 5
y1 = 7 y2 = 3
 AB = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= (5  2) 2  (3  7) 2

= (3) 2  ( 4) 2
= 9  16
= 25
AB = 5

b. LP ; L(-1, 5) , P(3, 0)
x1 = -1 x2 = 3
y1 = 5 y2 = 0

LP = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= [3  ( 1)]2  (0  5) 2
= ( 4) 2  ( 5) 2
= 16  25
LP = 41

c. RS ; R(-3, 5) , S(-5, -4)

x1 = -3 x2 = -5
y1 = 5 y2 = -4

RS = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= [ 5  (3)]2  ( 4  5) 2
= (5  3) 2  ( 9) 2
= ( 2) 2  ( 9) 2
= 4  81
RS = 85

d. TU ; T(-2, -2), U(5, -6)

x1 = -2 x2 = 5
y1 = -2 y2 = -6

TU = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= [5  ( 2)]2  [ 6  ( 2)]2
= (5  2) 2  ( 6  2) 2
= (7) 2  ( 4) 2
= 49  16
TU = 65

2. Draw a triangle with vertices A(1, 5), B(3, 1), C(-3, 3). Show that ∆ABC is
isosceles.

Solution: a. Plot the given points (vertices) on a Cartesian coordinate plan.

 -2 Y 2 4
-4
6 6
A

4 4
C
2 2
B

X 0

-2 -2

-4 -2 2 4

b. To show that ∆ABC is isosceles, find the length of the sides. For the triangle
to be isosceles, at least two of the sides must have the same length.

1. Find AC; A(1, 5), C(-3, 3)

x1 = 1 x2 = -3
y1 = 5 y2 = 3

AC = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= (3  1) 2  (3  5) 2
= (4) 2  ( 2) 2
= 16  4
= 20
AC = 2 5

2. Find BC; B(3, 1) , C(-3, 3)

x1 = 3 x2 = -3
y1 = 1 y2 =3

BC = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= ( 3  3) 2  (3  1)
= (6) 2  ( 2) 2
= 36  4
= 40
BC = 2 10

3. Find AB; A(1, 5)B(3, 1

x1 = 1 x2 = 3
y1 = 5 y2 = 1

AB = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2
= (3  1) 2  (1  5) 2
 = (2) 2  (4) 2
= 4  16
= 20
AB = 2 5

Since the length of AC equals the length of AB, then AC  AB . Therefore ∆ABC is an
isosceles triangle.

3. Find the perimeter of a quadrilateral whose vertices are P(-2,2), Q(5, 2), R(4, -3)
and
S(-3, -3). What kind of quadrilateral is PQRS?

Solution:
a. Find PQ; the y-coordinate of P and Q is the same
PQ = [5  (2)]2
= (5  2) 2
= (7 ) 2
PQ = 7

b. Find QR
QR = ( 4  5) 2  ( 3  2) 2
= ( 1) 2  (5) 2
= 1  25
QR = 26

c. Find RS; the y-coordinate of R and S is the same

RS = (3  4) 2
= (7) 2
= 49
RS = 7

d. Find PS
PS = [3  ( 2)]2  ( 3  2) 2
= ( 1) 2  (5) 2
= 1  25
= 26

The perimeter of quadrilateral PQRS = PQ + QR + RS + PS

= 7 + 26 + 7 + 26
= 14 + 2 26

Based on the computed lengths of the sides, PQ = RS and QR = PS which means

that the opposite sides of the quadrilateral are congruent. Therefore, PQRS is a
parallelogram.
4. Show by the distance formula that the following points R(3, 5), S(0, -1) and T(1,1)
are collinear.

Solution: To illustrate that the given points R, S and T are collinear, you have to show
that the sum of the lengths of the two short segments is equal to the length of the longer
segment.
a. Find RS
RS = (0  3) 2  (1  5) 2
= (3) 2  (6) 2
= 9  36
= 45
RS = 3 5

b. Find ST
ST = (1  0) 2  [1  ( 1)]2
= (1) 2  ( 2) 2
= 1 4
ST = 5

c. Find RT
RT = (1  3) 2  (1  5) 2
= (2) 2  ( 4) 2
= 4  16
= 20
RT = 2 5

Now add ST and RT. ST + RT = 5 +2 5 =3 5 which means that ST + RT =

RS.

This conclusion satisfies the definition of betweenness and so R, S and T are

collinear. To verify further, plot the three points on the Cartesian coordinate plane.

5. The endpoints of the base of an isosceles triangle are A( 1, 2) and B(4, -1). Find the
y-coordinate of the third vertex if its x-coordinate is 6.

Solution:

Let C(6, y) be the coordinates of the third vertex.

Since ∆ABC is isosceles, and AB is the base, then AC = BC.

AC = (6  1) 2  ( y  2) 2
BC = (6  4) 2  [ y  ( 1)]2

But AC = BC, therefore to solve for y, equate the values of AC and BC.
 (6  1) 2  ( y  2) 2 = (6  4) 2  [ y  ( 1)]2 Y
-2 5 10
5  ( y  2)
2 2
= 2  ( y  1)
2 2

Squaring both sides

25 + y2 – 4y + 4 = 4 + y2 +2y +1 5
5 C (6,y)
– 6y = -24
A (1,2)
y = 4

So the third vertex is C(6, 4).

X
B (4,-1)
The triangle is shown in the figure
at the right.

-5 5 10
-5

6. A point A(x, 1) is 29 units from B(8, 3). Find x.

Solution:
AB = (8  x) 2  (3  1) 2 = 29

64  16 x  x 2  22 = 29

64 – 16x + x2 + 4 = 29 Squaring both sides of the equation

x2 - 6x + 39 = 0
(x – 13) (x - 3) = 0

x – 13 = 0 x–3=0
x = 13 x=3

There are two values of x. Therefore the two points are (13, 1) and (3, 1)

7. Three of the vertices of a square are points A(2, 4), B(-2, 4), C(-2, 0). Find the fourth
vertex D(x, y).

Solution: Plot the points on the coordinate plane.

B(-2,4) A(2,4)
 X C(-2,0) D(x, y)

Try this out

A. Find the distance between the following pairs of points.

1. (0, 4 ), ( 0, 6 )
2. ( 2, -1), ( 7, -1 )
3. ( 4, -3 ), ( -7, -3 )
4. ( 1, 5 ), ( 3, 8 )
5. ( -4, -7 ), ( 0, 5 )
6. ( 2, 8 ), (-5, -1)
7. ( -5, 4 ), ( -3, -3 )
8. ( 6, 2 ), ( 5, -2 )
9. ( -1, 6 ), ( 5, -1 )
10. ( -4, -5 ), ( 6, 0 )

B. Find the perimeter of the polygons with vertices at the given points.

11. ( 1, 2 ), ( 4, 6 ), ( 7, 2 )
12. ( -1, 7 ), ( -1, 1 ), ( -9, 1)
13. ( 2, -2 ), ( -1, -5 ), ( -3, -1)
14. ( 2, -6 ), ( 2. -9 ), ( -3, -6 ), (-3, 9)
15. ( 4, -1 ), ( 7, -2 ), ( 5, -6), (2, -5)
16. ( -2, 4 ), ( 0, 6 ), ( 2, 4 ), (0, 0)
17. ( -5, -4 ), ( -3, -6 ), ( -5, -9 ), ( -8, 8 ), ( -8, -5 )

C. Given the distance(d) between two points D and F and the coordinates of one of the
endpoints. Find the coordinates of the other endpoint if either x or y coordinate is given.

18. d = 13, D(-4, 1), F( x, -4)

19. d = 7, D( 5, 0), F( 1, y)
20. d = 5, D(-4, y), F(0, -3)
21. d = 5 , D(x, 4), F(3, 5)

D. Solve the following problems:

22. Draw a triangle with vertices ( 6, 3 ), ( 2, 7 ), ( 10, 7 ). What kind of triangle is

it?
 23. Use the distance formula to show that (3, 0), (0, 4), ( 6, -4) are collinear.
24. The distance from (5, 7) to (x, 2) is 34 . Find all possible values for x.
25. Find the fourth vertex S of a rectangle whose three vertices are p(-3, 2),
Q(-3, 7) and R(2, 7).
26. The point (5, y) is 17 units from (6, 2). Find y.
27. A line segment 5 units long has one of its ends at (3, 1). The y-coordinate of
the other end is 5. Find its x-coordinate.

Lesson 2

The Midpoint Formula

The midpoint of a segment is a point that divides a segment into two (2)
congruent segments.

Illustrations:
1. C is the midpoint of AB . Then A C B
AC  BC . So AC = CB. X

2. If M is the midpoint of XY then M

XM  MY , thus XM = MY.
T

S
3. S is the midpoint of XY Y
Therefore, RS  ST , and RS
-5 = ST. Y 5
R
From the illustrations given, you can say that the midpoint of a segment should
5 of the segments and the three points must
lie between the endpoints 5 be collinear.

X(-2,3) Y(6,3)
How do you get the midpoint of the segment on the coordinate plane? Consider
P(-4,2) M
the coordinate plane below and the segments on it.

X
R

Q(-4,-3)

-5 -5

-5 5
 0

If M and R are the midpoints of XY and PQ respectively, how do your

determine the coordinates of M and R?

To get the midpoint of XY , you have to consider that the segment is horizontal,
thus the y-coordinate is the same. Since point M lies between the two endpoints and in
the middle, the x-coordinate of M is the average of the x-coordinates of the two
endpoints of the segment and the y-coordinate is 3.

So the coordinates of M is

 2  6 
M(xm, ym) =  ,3
 2 
4 
=  ,3 
2 

= (2, 3)

To get the coordinates of R, consider PQ . Since the segment is vertical, the

two endpoints have the same x-coordinate which is -4. To get the y-coordinate, get the
average of the y-coordinates of the two endpoints. That is

 2  ( 3) 
R(xm, ym ) =  4, 
 2 
 1
=   4, 
 2

Therefore, to get the coordinates of the midpoint of horizontal segment the

formula below is used. Since the two endpoints have the same y – coordinate the
midpoint (M) is

x x 
M 1 2 , y
 2 
 For vertical segments, since the two endpoints have the same x-coordinate, then
the formula is
 y  y2 
M  x, 1 
 2 

How do you get the coordinates of the segment on the coordinate plane which is
neither horizontal nor vertical? AB illustrated below is neither horizontal nor vertical.

Y
B(4,7)

M V

H (4,1)
X A(2,1)
0

The endpoints of AB are A(2, 1) and B(4, 7). Let M be the midpoint of AB .
To determine the coordinates of M, draw horizontal segment passing through A and a
vertical segment passing through B. The two segments intersect at a point whose
coordinates are (4, 1). Get the coordinates of the midpoint H of the horizontal segment.

24 
H  ,1 or H(3, 1)
 2 

Then get the coordinates of the midpoint V of the vertical segment .

 1 7 
V  4,  or V(4, 4).
 2 

The points H and V suggest that the midpoint of M are (3, 4). To check if M is really
the midpoint of AB , we have to show that AM = MB.

AM = (3  2) 2  (4  1) 2
= 12  32
= 1 9
= 10

MB = ( 4  3) 2  (7  4) 2
= 12  32
= 1 9
 = 10

Since AM = MB = 10 , then M is really the midpoint of AB .

For segments on the coordinate plane which are neither horizontal nor vertical,
the formula for finding its midpoint M is given below.

The Midpoint Formula:

If A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) are any two points in a coordinate plane, then the
midpoint M of AB has coordinates
 x  x y  y2 
M 1 2 , 1 
 2 2 

Examples:

1. Find the coordinates of the midpoint M of the segments whose endpoints are

a. (3, 5), (7, 1)

b. (0, 1), (-4, 3)
c. (-3, -6), (2, -11)
d. (4, -1), (-7, 3)

Solutions: Using the midpoint formula,

a. (3, 5), (7, 1)
x1 = 3, x2 = 7
y1 = 5, y2 = 1

 7  3 1 5   10 6 
M ,  = M , 
 2 2   2 2
= M(5,3)

b. (0, 1), (-4, 3)

x1 = 0 , x2 = -4
y1 = 1 , y2 = 3

  4  0 3  1
M ' 
 2 2 
M(-2, 2)

c. (-3, 6), (2, 11)

x1 = -3, x2 = 2
y1 = 6 , y2 = 11

  3  2  6  (11) 
M  , 
 2 2 
   1  17 
M  , 
 2 2 
d. (4, 1), (-7, 3)
x1 = 4 ,x2 = -7
y1 = 1 , y2 = 3

 4  ( 7 ) 3  1 
M  , 
 2 2 
 3 4  3 
M ,  ,2 
 2 2  2 

2. M(-1, -3) is the midpoint of ST , If the coordinates of S are (-3, 2), find the
coordinates of T.

Solution:
Step 1. Let T have coordinates (x, y). By the midpoint formula, the midpoint of
ST is

 x  ( 3) y  2   x3 y  2
 ,  =  , 
 2 2   2 2 

Step 2. We are given that the coordinates of M is (-1, -3) and M is the midpoint
of ST . Therefore,
x3
= -1
2
x – 3 = -1(2)
x – 3 = -2
x = -2 + 3
x= 1

y2
and = -3
2
y + 2 = 2(-3)
y + 2 = -6
y = -6 -2
y = -8

So the coordinates of T are (1, -6)

3. One endpoint P of segment PS and its midpoint R are given. Use the midpoint
formula to find the coordinates of the second segment S.

a. P(3, -4), R(0, 0)

b. P(2, 5), R(5, -1)
c. P(-6, -3), R(0, 1)
Solutions:
a. Let S have the coordinates (x, y). Using the midpoint formula, the midpoint of
 x3 y 4
PS is given as  , 
 2 2 

The coordinates of midpoint R are (0, 0)

x3
0
2
x+3=0
x = -3

y4
0
2
y -4 = 0
y = 4

The coordinates of R are (-3, 4)

b. Coordinates of S are (x, y). Applying the midpoint formula, the coordinates
 x  2 y 5
of R is  , 
 2 2 

The coordinates of midpoint R are ((5, -1)

x2
5
2
x + 2 = 10
x = 8

y5
 1
2
y + 5 = -2
y = -7

The coordinates of R are ( 8, -7)

c. Coordinates of S are (x, y). Using the midpoint formula, the coordinates of
 x  ( 6) y  (3) 
midpoint R is given as  , 
 2 2 

The coordinates of midpoint R are (0, 1). Solving for x and y,

x6
0
2
x–6=0
x = 6

y 3
1
2
 y–3=2
y = 2+3
y = 5

Therefore the coordinates of S are (6, 5)

4. The vertices of ∆XYZ are X(1, 4), Y(6, 2) and Z(-2, -1). Find the length of the median
to ZY .
Y

X(1,4)

Y(6,2)

0 P
X 0
Z(-2,-1)

Solution:
The median of a triangle is a segment joining the vertex and the midpoint of the
opposite side . Let the midpoint of XY be point P.

Step 1. Get the coordinates of P

 6  2 2 1
P , 
 2 2 
4 1
P , 
2 2
 1
P  2, 
 2
 1
Step 2. Find the length of XP . X(1, 4), P  2, 
 2
(2  1) 2   12  4
2
XP =

12   27 
2
=
49
= 1
4
53
=
4
53
XP =
2
53
Hence, the length of median XP is .
2
5. Find the perimeter of a the triangle formed by joining the midpoints of the sides of a
triangle whose vertices are P(-4, 0), Q(2, 3) and R(5, -2).

Solution: Y
Step 1. Let A, B and C be the
midpoints of PQ , QR and PR . Get the
coordinates of each midpoint. Q(2,3)
A
For the coordinates of A
0 B
P(-4, 0), Q(2, 3) X
P(-4,0) 0
  4 2 3 0 C
A , 
 2 2  R(5,-2)
2 3
=A  , 
 2 2
 3
= A   2, 
 2

For the coordinates of B

Q(2, 3), R(5, -2)

 25 3 2
B , 
 2 2 
7 1
= B , 
2 2

For the coordinates of C

P(-4, 0), R(5, -2)

45 02
C , 
 2 2 
1 
= C  ,1
2 

Step 2. Find the lengths of AB , BC and AC .

2 2
 7 3 1
AB =  1     
 2 2 2
2 2
 9 2
=     
 2 2
81
=  12
4
 85
=
4
85
AB =
2

2 2
1 7  1
BC =      1 
2 2  2
2 2
 6  3
=     
 2  2
36 9
= 
4 4
45
=
4
3 5
BC =
2

2 2
 1 3 
AC =   1      (1)
 2 2 
2 2
 3 3 
=       1
 2 2 
2
9 5
=  
4 2
9 25
= 
4 4
34
=
4
34
AC =
2
Step 3. Get the sum of the lengths AB + BC + AC

85 3 5 34
Perimeter of ∆ABC = + +
2 2 2

85  3 5  34
=
2

Try this out

A. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment joining each pair of points.

1. (0, 0), (6, 0)

2. (0, 0), (-7, 0
3. (0, 0), (0, -8)
4. (1, 3), (5, 7)
 5. (5, -1), (-1, -7)
6. (-8, -2), (0, 0)
7. (-3, -4), (3, -3)
8. (6, -1), (-4, 7)
9. (-1, -1), (-8, -9)
10. (a, b), (c, d)

B. If M is the midpoint of AB , determine the coordinates of B.

11. A(3, 7), M(3, 0)

12. A(5, 2), M(-1, -1)
13. A(-4, -1), M(5, 2)
14. A(3, -4), M(5, 2)
15. A(-5, 6), M(7, 2)
16. A(0, -8), M(4, -4)
17. A(-1, 4), M(1, 1)
18. A(7, 0), M(0, 9)
19. A(-3, -5), M(3, -7)
20. A(a, b), M(c, d)

C. Solve the following problems:

21. Find the coordinates of the midpoint of each side of a triangle with vertices at (3, 5),
(6,-4) and (-1, 1).
22. Find the coordinates of the midpoint of each side of a quadrilateral with vertices at
(-2, -4), (7, -8), (4, -3) and (_5, 3).
23. Find the length of the median to side RP of ∆RPQ whose vertices are R(-3, 2),
P(3, -3) and Q(-1, 6).
24. Find the length of each median of a triangle with vertices at (-1, 6), (-3, -2) and (7,
-4).
25. A rectangle has vertices R(-3, 4), S(-3, -4), T(2, -4) and U(2, 4). Show that its
diagonals have the same midpoint.
26. Use the distance formula to show that X(1, -1) is the midpoint of the segment with
endpoints A(4, 1) and B(-2, -3).
27. Given R(5, 2), S(a, -2) and T(-3, b). Find a and b so that S is the midpoint of RT
.
28. Show that the points (-1, -2), (2, 1) and (-3, 6) are the vertices of a right triangle.
Use
the distance formula.
29. Given A(7, 1), R(2, x) and B(-x, 5), find x so that R is the midpoint of AB .
30. Find the perimeter of the triangle in no. 28.
 Let’s summarize

1. The distance between two points on the plane is the length of the segment
joining the two points. For horizontal distance between points A and B, the
formula to be used is
AB = │x2 – x1│, where the y-coordinate is the same.
For vertical distance between points A and B, the distance is denoted by
AB = │y2 – y1│, where the x-coordinate is the same.
2. The distance between two points A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2) is given by the formula
AB = ( x2  x1 ) 2  ( y2  y1 ) 2

3. The midpoint of a segment is a point that divides the segment into two congruent
segments.
4. The midpoint of a horizontal segment can be determined by the formula
x1  x2
M=
2
5. The midpoint of a vertical segment is determined by the formula
y  y2
M= 1
2
6. The midpoint M of a segment whose endpoints are A(x 1, y1) and B(x2, y2) is
 x  x y  y2 
given by the formula M  1 2 , 1 
 2 2 

What have you learned

Answer the following questions as indicated.

1. What is the length of PQ ?

P Q

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

Find the length of each side of a triangle whose vertices are J(0, 3), K(-4, 0) and
L(1, -1).

2. JK Y
3. KL
D
4. JL

What are the coordinates of the midpoint Y(2,3)

of a segment whose endpoints are:
X(-1,1) E
5. A(7, 3), and X(1, -11) X
6. R(-6, 1) , and S(1, -10) Z(1,-1)

7. Find the perimeter of ∆XYZ in the

F
figure if X, Y and Z are the midpoints
of FD , DE and EF respectively.

8. M is the midpoint of PR . If the coordinates of M and P are given, find the

coordinates
of R. P(-3, 7) and M(1, 1)
9. If the length of RS is 29 , and the coordinates of R are (-5, 1), find the x-
coordinate of
S if its y-coordinate is 3.
10. Find the coordinate of the intersection of the diagonal of a rectangle whose vertices
are
M(2, 7), N(6, 3), O(-1, -4) and P(-5, 0)
 Answer Key

How much do you know

1. 5
2. 5
3. 10
4. 7
5. (5, 3)
6. (-4, 3)
3  Y
7.  ,3 
2 
8. 5 + 2 2 + 61
1 
9.  ,2  (2,3)
2 
10. From the figure, you can easily
conclude that the quadrilateral
is a parallelogram. To determine (6,0)
X
what kind of parallelogram it is,
compute for the slope of any two (-1,-1)
adjacent sides and compare.
Their slopes are the negative
reciprocal of each other. (3,-4)

Try this out

Lesson 1

A. 1. 2
2. 5
3. 11
4. 13
5. 4 10
6. 130
7. 53
8. 17
9. 85
10. 5 5

B. 11. 16 Y
12. 24
13. 3 2  2 5  26 (2,7) (10,7)
14. 18  5 10  34
15. 4 5  2 10
16. 4 2  4 5
17. 2 2  13  298  10  13

(6,3)
C. 18. x = -16 ; x=8

X
 19. y =  33
20. y = -6 ; y=0
21. x = 5 ; x=1

D. 22. the triangle is isosceles

23. Let A(3, 0) , B(0, 4) and C(6, -4)

be the given points. Find the lengths,
AB, BC and AC.
Solution:
AB = (0  3) 2  (4  0) 2
= 32  42
= 9  16
= 25
AB = 5

BC = (6  0) 2  (4  4) 2
= 62  (8) 2
= 36  64
= 100
BC = 10

AC = (6  3) 2  (4  0) 2
= 32  ( 4) 2
= 9  16
= 25
AC = 5

AB + AC = 5 + 5 = 10 = BC. By definition of betweenness, A is between B

and C. Therefore, A, B and C are collinear.

24. x = 8; x=2
25. S(2, 2)
26. y = 6; y = -2
27. x = 6; x=0

Lesson 2

A. 1. (3, 0)
 7 
2.   ,0 
 2 
3. (0, -4)
4. (3, 5)
5. (2, -4)
6. (-4, -1)
 7
7.  0, 
 2
8. (1, 3)
9 
9.   ,5 
2 
ac bd 
10.  , 
 2 2 

11. (3, -7)

12. (-7, -4)
13. (14, 5)
14. (7, 8)
15. (19, -2)
16. (8, 0)
17. (3, -2)
18. (-7, 18)
19. (9, -9)
20. (2c – a, 2d – b)

9 1 5 3
21.  ,  ,  , , 1,3
2 2  2 2

5   11 11   1   7 1 
22.  ,6 ,  , ,   ,0 ,   , 
2  2 2   2   2 2

173
23. Length of the median is
2

24. Length of the medians are 3 5 , 3 10 and 117

 1 
25. Midpoint of RT =   ,0 
 2 

 1 
Midpoint of SU =   ,0 
 2 

26. AX = 13 , BX = 13
Since AX = BX, therefore, X is the midpoint of AB.

27. a = 1, b = -6
28. s1 =  2  (1) 2  1  (2) 2
= 32  32
 = 99
= 18
s1 = 3 2

s2 =   3  2 2   6  1 2
=   5 2  (5) 2
= 25  25
= 50
s2 = 5 2

s3 =   1  (3) 2  (2  6) 2
= 22  (8) 2
= 4  64
= 68

s12 + s22 = 3 2  + 5 2 
2 2

= 18 + 50 = 68 = s32

The square of s3 is equal to the sum of the squares of s1 and s2.

29. x = 3
30. P = s1 + s2 + s3
= 3 2 5 2 2 17
= 8 2  2 17

What have you learned.

1. │PQ│= 5
2. 5
3. 26
4. 17
5. (4, -4)
 5 9
6.   , 
 2 2
7. 2 2  13  17
8. R(5, -5)
9. x = 0; x = -10
1 3
10.  , 
2 2