Question 8278: Thank you so much for your help. I'm having a lot of problems understanding geometry.
On this problem I came up with W=2 but I didn't really understand what to do get the answer. If you could help me with that please that would be great. I would appreciate an explanation as well because I didn't understand when my teacher was explaining. Here is the problem:
W, R, and S are points on a number line, and W is the midpoint of RS. For each pair of coordinates given, find the coordinate of the third point.
R= 4, S= -6
Answer by bonster(299)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since W is the midpoint of line segment RS (SR) and we know that R=4 and S=-6, we need to first find out the length of line segment RS
|-6|+4=6+4=10
the midpoint of 10=5 SO, start from R, 4 and subtract 5:
4-5=-1
W=-1
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