Distance and Midpoint

Warm Up 12.18.12

1. Find the perimeter of the Christmas tree

picture.

2. Find the area of the tree.

Distance Formula

Find the length of the purple line segment by creating a

right triangle.

Distance Formula
The distance ! between any two points (!! , !! ) and (!! , !! ) is…

!= (!!!!!−!!!!!)! + (!!!!!−!!!!!)!
Remember: The answer is a _____________________
Find the distance between the given points.
• Always simplify what is under the first, and then take the square root.
• Rounded answers to the nearest tenth.

1. !(1, −5) & !(3, −2) 2. !(2,1) & !(−5,8)

Midpoint Formula
1. Find the midpoint of the following blue line segment.

2. Graph the following sets of points and find

the midpoint of the line segment created by
connecting the two points.
!(0, −5) to !(6, −1)

Midpoint Formula
Given two endpoints of a line segment (!! , !! ) and (!! , !! ), the midpoint is
found by…

!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
!=( !
, !
)
Remember: The answer is a _____________________
Find the midpoint of each segment with the given endpoints.

1. !(−1,5) & !(3,1) 2. C(−4,7) & !(−8, −2)

Given the midpoint and one endpoint of a line segment, find the other endpoint.

3. Endpoint (−9, −1), midpoint (8,14) 4. Endpoint (10,12), midpoint (6,9)

5. The endpoints of the diameter of a circle are given by (-1,5) and (4,-3). What is the
center of the circle?

Distance and Midpoint HW – 12.18.12

Find the distance AND midpoint between each pair of points.

1. (14,0) & (−4,8) 2. (−4,12) & (−7, −2)

3. (5,1) & (5,9) 4. (0, −10) to (6,1)

5. Find the perimeter of the figure.

6. !" is the diameter of a circle. The coordinates of A are (17, −1) and the coordinates of B
are (10, −9). What are the coordinates of the center of the circle?

7. If the midpoint of a line segment is 3,4 and one of the endpoints is (7,16), find the
coordinates of the other midpoint.

8. Imagine a coordinate plane was placed on the Panther’s football field. For a certain play,
if Steve Smith is located at (0, 4) and Cam Newton is located at (−2, −4), how far apart are
they?
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