document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1164793>Question 1164793</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the distance, to the nearest hundredth, between the given points.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P1(0, 9) and P2(−2, 10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment connecting the points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #789234 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=789234\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> distance is sqrt (differnce between each x or each y^2 added)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this is sqrt (2^2+1^2) or sqrt 5 or 2.236 (2.24 is the answer). With distance, unlike slope, the order does not matter, since the result is squared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The midpoint is the average of the two x values (-1) and the average of the two y-values (9.5), so it is (-1. 9.5)\r<BR>\n" );
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