document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=925828>Question 925828</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please show me step by step these two parts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the distance between the points (7,-8) and (-2,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) Find the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (7,-8) and (-2, 4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's the Pythagorean Theorem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (7,-8) and (-2,4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's the average of x any y separately.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For x: (7-2)/2 = 2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For y: (-8+4)/2 = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> (2.5,-2) or (5/2,-2) </SPAN>\n" );
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