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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29%5E2%2B%28y%5B1%5D-y%5B2%5D%29%5E2%29\" where is the first point and is the second point \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28%28-10-4%29%5E2%2B%286-2%29%5E2%29\" Plug in \"x%5B1%5D=-10\", \"x%5B2%5D=4\", \"y%5B1%5D=6\", \"y%5B2%5D=2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28%28-14%29%5E2%2B%284%29%5E2%29\" Evaluate \"-10-4\" to get -14. Evaluate \"6-2\" to get 4. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28212%29\" Add\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=2%2Asqrt%2853%29\" Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=14.560219778561\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "which rounds to\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the distance between (-10,6) and (4,2) is approximately 14.56 units\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In order to find the midpoint, we need to average each corresponding coordinate. In other words, we need to add up the corresponding coordinates and divide the sum by 2.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To find , average the x-coordinates between the two points\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5Bmid%5D=%28-10%2B4%29%2F2=%28-6%29%2F2=-3\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the coordinates of the midpoint are x=-3, y=4, this means the midpoint is (-3,4)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We could visually verify our answer if we simply draw right triangles from each point like this:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28%288-7%29%5E2%2B%283--2%29%5E2%29\" Plug in \"x%5B1%5D=8\", \"x%5B2%5D=7\", \"y%5B1%5D=3\", \"y%5B2%5D=-2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%28%281%29%5E2%2B%285%29%5E2%29\" Evaluate \"8-7\" to get 1. Evaluate \"3--2\" to get 5. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the coordinates of the midpoint are x=7.5, y=0.5, this means the midpoint is (7.5,0.5)\r
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