SOLUTION: A map of the town that Annie and Barbara live in can be represented by the Cartesian plane. Annie is located at (3,5) and Barbara says she is located at (-6,2). They agree to meet

Question 1068659: A map of the town that Annie and Barbara live in can be represented by the Cartesian plane. Annie is located at (3,5) and Barbara says she is located at (-6,2). They agree to meet the midpoint of their current locations. However, it turns out that Barbara read the map wrong, and she is actually at (-10,4). What is the positive difference in the x-coordinates of where they agreed to meet and where they should actually meet?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the midpoints for each case:
Incorrect:(3,5) and (-6,2)

Correct:(3,5) and (-10,4)

So the difference in x coordinates is,

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