document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165266>Question 165266</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130625604/algebrahomeworkh>Prentice Hall Mathematics: Geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find two possible coordinates of Q so that PQ = 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "On the number line P= -2 and H= 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then I have to find the coordinate of the midpoint of PH.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It has been so many years since I have done this stuff. I just can't get this one. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "these are found on Page 62 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121860 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><B>ilana(307)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121860\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the length of segment PQ is 5, then Q is 5 units from P in either direction. So if P is -2, Q is 5 units to the left, -7, or 5 units to the right, 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The midpoint of PH is halfway between P and H. P is -2 and H is 3, so they are 5 units apart. So their midpoint is 2.5 units to the right of P, or 2.5 units to the left of H. That means the midpoint, M, is 0.5, or M = 0.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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