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The document discusses distance and midpoint formulas. It provides examples of using the formulas to calculate the distance between two points and find the midpoint of a line segment. It also gives examples of using the midpoint formula to solve other problems.

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Distance and Midpoint Formulas Powerpoint

The document discusses distance and midpoint formulas. It provides examples of using the formulas to calculate the distance between two points and find the midpoint of a line segment. It also gives examples of using the midpoint formula to solve other problems.

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The Distance and

Midpoint Formula
What is the distance
between the 2 points?
(-2,6)

(5,3)

How could
you find the
distance?
The Distance Formula
"The Distance Formula"
sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey"

 The distance between When finding the distance


any two points with Between the two points,
Subtract the two x's
coordinates (x1,y1) an The same for the y's.
Now square these two numbers,
(x2,y2) is given by the And find out their sum.
following formula: When you take the square root
Then you are all done!

d  ( x2  x1 )  ( y2  y1 )
2 2
Example 1
 Find the distance between the points with
coordinates (3,5) and (6,4).

d  ( x2  x1 )  ( y2  y1 )
2 2

d  (6  3)  (4  5)
2 2 d  10
 3.16 units
d  (3)  (1)
2 2

d  9 1
Example 2

 Determine if triangle A(-3,4)


ABC with vertices B(5,2)
A(-3,4), B(5,2) and
C(-1,-5) is an isosceles
triangle. (Hint: An
isosceles triangle must
have at least 2 sides of
equal length.)
C(-1,-5)
AB  (5  3)  (2  4)
2 2 BC  (1  5)  (5  2)
2 2

 (8)  (2)
2 2  ( 6) 2  ( 7) 2

= 64+4  68 = 36+49  85

A(-3,4)
AC  (1  3)  (5  4)
2 2

B(5,2)
 (2)  ( 9)
2 2

= 4+81  85

BC and AC have the same


length so triangle ABC is
Isosceles. C(-1,-5)
What is the midpoint of the line?

(-2,6)

(5,3)

How
could you
find the
midpoint?
The Midpoint Formula
"The Midpoint Formula"
sung to the tune of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
 The coordinates of the
midpoint of a line segment When finding the midpoint of two
points on a graph,
whose endpoints are (x1, y1) Add the two x's and cut their sum in
and (x2, y2) are given by the half.
Add up the y's and divide 'em by a
following formula: two,
Now write 'em as an ordered pair
It’s the middle of the two.

 x1  x2 y1  y2 
( x, y )   , 
 2 2 
Example 1
 Find the midpoint between the points with
coordinates (6,2) and (-3,-4).

 63 24
( x, y )   , 
 2 2 
 3 2 
( x, y )   , 
(1.5, 1)
2 2 

( x, y )  (1.5, 1)
Example 2
 If the coordinate (2, -3) is the midpoint of
line AB and the endpoint A is (5, 4), what
is the missing coordinate B?
x1  x2 y1  y2
x y
2 2
5 x 4 y
2 3  (-1, -10)
2 2
4  5 x 6  4  y
1  x 10  y
Example 3
 Find the equation of a line that is
perpendicular to the midpoint of a line that
contains the endpoints (4, 6) and (-2, 4).

Slope of Line: Midpoint:


6  4 2 1 ( x, y )   4  2 , 6  4   (1,5)
m    
42 6 3  2 2 
 Slope of Line: Equation of Line:

 m  3 y  5  3( x  1)

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