+130516 The x coordinate of the midpoint is given by adding the x values and dividing by two.
So.....(5 + 2) / 2 = 7/2
And the same procedure is used to find the y coordinate midpoint.
So.....( 4 + 7) / 2 = 11/2 ....so the midpoint is (7/2, 11/2)
To find the distance between the points we subtract the x coordinates (in any order) and then square the result.
So we have (5 -2) = 3 ......3^2 = 9
The.....we do the same with the y coordinates - again the order of subtraction is irrelevant.......so we have
(7 - 4) = 3 .....3^2 = 9
Add these two results and take the square root....so
9 + 9 = 18
√18 = √(9 * 2) = 3√2 .... and that's the distance
+130516 The x coordinate of the midpoint is given by adding the x values and dividing by two.
So.....(5 + 2) / 2 = 7/2
And the same procedure is used to find the y coordinate midpoint.
So.....( 4 + 7) / 2 = 11/2 ....so the midpoint is (7/2, 11/2)
To find the distance between the points we subtract the x coordinates (in any order) and then square the result.
So we have (5 -2) = 3 ......3^2 = 9
The.....we do the same with the y coordinates - again the order of subtraction is irrelevant.......so we have
(7 - 4) = 3 .....3^2 = 9
Add these two results and take the square root....so
9 + 9 = 18
√18 = √(9 * 2) = 3√2 .... and that's the distance
