document.write( "Question 214019: You are given an endpoint and the midpoint of a line segment. Find the coordinates of the other endpoint. Each midpoint is denoted by M(x, y)
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You are given an endpoint and the midpoint of a line segment. Find the coordinates of the other endpoint. Each midpoint is denoted by M(x, y)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let (x,y) be the other endpoint. Then for this example the midpoint is calculated by averaging the x and y coordinates of the endpoints. That is,\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3=%28x%2B%28-4%29%29%2F2\" and \"-6=%28y%2B%28-5%29%29%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6=x-4\" and \"-12=y-5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=10\" and \"y=-7\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2810%2B%28-4%29%29%2F2=3\" is the x-coordinate for the midpoint.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28-7%2B%28-5%29%29%2F2=-6\" is the y-coordinate for the midpoint.\r
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