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1.3 Distance and Midpoints 2015

This document provides a lesson on finding the distance between two points on a coordinate plane using the distance formula, and finding the midpoint of a line segment between two points by taking the average of the x-coordinates and y-coordinates. It includes examples of using the distance and midpoint formulas to find distances and midpoints. It concludes with homework problems involving distances and midpoints.

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1.3 Distance and Midpoints 2015

This document provides a lesson on finding the distance between two points on a coordinate plane using the distance formula, and finding the midpoint of a line segment between two points by taking the average of the x-coordinates and y-coordinates. It includes examples of using the distance and midpoint formulas to find distances and midpoints. It concludes with homework problems involving distances and midpoints.

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LESSON

You graphed points on the coordinate plane.

• Find the distance between two points.


• Find the midpoint of a segment.
LESSON

distance: the length of a segment


between two points.
LESSON

EXAMPLE 1

Use the number line to find QR.

Answer: 3
LESSON

EXAMPLE 2

Find the distance between points A and B.

12 B(7, 8)
5
A(-5, 3)
AB = 13u
LESSON

EXAMPLE 3

Find the distance between points A and B.

R(-5, 8)

RS =19.2 u
12

15 S(10, -4)
LESSON

If P(x1, y1) and Q(x2, y2) are any two points, then
the distance between them can be found with
the formula:

2 2
d = (x 2 - x1) +(y2 - y1)
LESSON

EXAMPLE 4

Find the distance between points A and B.


AB = 15
A
(-3, 7)

(9, -2) B
LESSON

EXAMPLE 5

Find the distance between A(–3, 4) and M(1, 2).

1. 4

2. 3.5

3. 4.5

4. 2.4
LESSON

What is the average of 17 and 41?

midpoint: the point halfway between the


endpoints of a segment. (It’s the average!)
LESSON

Use the number line to find the midpoint of AX.


M

-1
LESSON

Find the midpoint M of a segment on the number


line with endpoints R = -20 and S = 33.

M = 26.5
LESSON

Find the midpoint M of a segment with endpoints


F(4, 12) and G(8, 6).
M(6, 9)
LESSON

Answer: (–3, 3)
LESSON

1. (–10, –6)

2. (–5, –3)

3. (6, 12)

4. (–6, –12)
LESSON

What is the average of 17 and 41?

The average of 25 and some number is 39.5.


What is that other number?
LESSON
LESSON

Find the coordinates of R if N (8, –3) is the midpoint


of RS and S has coordinates (–1, 5).

1. (3.5, 1)

2. (–10, 13)

3. (15, –1)

4. (17, –11)
LESSON
LESSON

Homework:
• p.31-34 #18-19, 26-27, 33-34, 40-41,
47-48, 53
LESSON

Over Lesson 1–2

Which of the following statements is always false?

A. The intersection of a line and a


plane is a point.
B. There is only one plane
perpendicular to a given plane.
C. Collinear points are also coplanar.
D. A plane contains an infinite
number of points.

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