Sunday, August 23, 2015

Given the endpoint (2,-3) and the misdpoint (1,0.5), explain how to determine the other endpoint?

The given midpoint lies on the segment whose endpoints
are  P(2,-3) and N(xN,yN).


For finding the coordinates of
the midpoint M(xM, yM), we have to solve the
system:


xN=2xM-xP, where xM=1 and
xP=2


yN=2yM-yP, where yM=1/2 and
yP=-3


Now, we just have to substitute the known
values:


xN=2*1-2


xN=0


yN=2*(1/2)-(-3)


yN
= 1 + 3


yN=4


The
coordinates of the other endpoint of the segment whose midpoint is (1 , 1/2) are:
(0,4).

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