document.write( "Question 1026443: Find the length of a segment with an endpoint of (-3, 1) and a midpoint of (8, 2). \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Reasoning:  the distance from one endpoint to the\r\n" );
document.write( "midpoint of a line is one-half the distance to the\r\n" );
document.write( "other endpoint, so find one-half the distance and \r\n" );
document.write( "multiply it by 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "use the distance formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( "where (x1,y1) = (-3,1) and (x2,y2) = (8,2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "to find half the distance. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply what you get by 2.\r\n" );
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