SOLUTION: i have to use the midpoint formula and i have the midpoint and one end and i have to find the other end ex) A------B------C (2,-3) (-5,1) (?)

SOLUTION: i have to use the midpoint formula and i have the midpoint and one end and i have to find the other end ex) A------B------C (2,-3) (-5,1) (?)

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Question 130828This question is from textbook holt, rinehart and winston algebra 2
: i have to use the midpoint formula and i have the midpoint and one end and i have to find the other end
ex) A------B------C
(2,-3) (-5,1) (?) This question is from textbook holt, rinehart and winston algebra 2

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The midpoint of the segment with endpoints (,) and (,) is (,)

That means that -5 is the average of 2 and some other number. In other words, .

So:

Likewise,

Therefore the other endpoint is: (-12,5)

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