SOLUTION: given the midpoint and one end point how do i find the other end point.

SOLUTION: given the midpoint and one end point how do i find the other end point.

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Question 666162: given the midpoint and one end point how do i find the other end point.
Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember for point x_1,y_1 and x_2,y_2 we have that M(x,y) = (x_1+x_2)/2 , (y_1+y_2)/2
For notation let M_x be the midpoint's x coordinate and similarly let M_y be the midpoint's y coordinate.
Then M_x = (x_1+x_2)/2 and M_y = (y_1+y_2)/2.
This should be sufficient to solve.

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