Distance and midpoint formulas crisis
Distance and midpoint formulas crisis
I wasnt sure if this was algebra or pre calc but i'm lost. In reference to the distance and midpoint formulas. My book says suppose that P is an endpoint of a segment PQ and M is the midpoint of PQ. Find the coordinates of endpoint Q. I have a few problems like this to do. Heres the first one. P (7,-4) and M (8,5). How do I solve these? I've tried everything I can think of and the book is no help.
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buckkl wrote:...suppose that P is an endpoint of a segment PQ and M is the midpoint of PQ. Find the coordinates of endpoint Q. I have a few problems like this to do. Heres the first one. P (7,-4) and M (8,5). How do I solve these?
Plug the three points -- (7, -4), (8, 5), and (x, y) -- into the Midpoint Formula, and solve for x and y, like is shown here.
