Can you find the coordinates of B given A(3,8) and M(5,4)?
M is the midpoint of.
There are two ways. We'll do both.
Graphically:
Draw the right triangle with one leg vertical and one leg
horizontal that has AM as its hypotenuse:
Notice that the vertical leg is 4 units and the horizontal leg is 2 units
long. So duplicate that triangle below, and you have this, so you see that
M(5,4) is the midpoint between A(3,8) and B(7,0).
Second way:
Let B have the coordinates B(, )
Then use the midpoint formula:
Midpoint between (,) and (, )
is = (5,4)
Let A(3,8) = (,)
so that , and
Let B have the coordinates B(, )
Then
and
So you have the system of equations
Multiply both equations through by 2
Solve each and get:
So M(5,4) is the midpoint between A(3,8) and B(7,0).
Do it whichever way your teacher wants.
Edwin