SOLUTION: Can you please help me find the distance from the midpoint of the segment joining (4,2) and (10,-2) to the point (6,8).

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Question 984497: Can you please help me find the distance from the midpoint of the segment joining (4,2) and (10,-2) to the point (6,8).
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Midpoint for the first two points:
x=%284%2B10%29%2F2=7
y=%282-2%29%2F2=0
The point between them being (7,0).

Distance between (7,0) and (6,8) using Distance Formula:
sqrt%28%287-6%29%5E2%2B%280-8%29%5E2%29, and compute this.