Distance and Midpoint Formula Flashcards
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To do this we find the diifferences between the x- coordinate and the difference between the y- coordinate, square them, then find the square root of the answer.
(Write the formula) in the paper
The distance formula is an application of the Pythagorean Theorem a^2 + b^2 = c^2 in coordinate geometry
It will calculate the distance between 2 cartesian coordinates on an xy- coordinate plane.
Distance Formula
The midpoint of a line segment is the point that divides the segment into 2 equal parts
Midpoint (Definition)
Helps find the exact center between two given points on a coordinate plane.
Midpoint Formula
(x1, y1) and (y1, y2) are the endpoints of the segment.
M=(x, y) is the midpoint
M= ( x1+x2/2, y1+y2/2 )