9:02 Midpoint: Exercise

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9:02 Midpoint
Name: Class:

Examples x 1 + x 2 y 1 + y 2
Formula:  ----------------- , -----------------
 2 2 
1 Read the midpoint of AB.
a y x-value of midpoint: b y
A (3, 2)
xm = --1- (1 + 3) = 2
2
A (2, 5) 2
5 xm = --1- (2 + 7) = 4 1--- ym = 1-
-- (−3 + 2) = − --1-
2 2 xm
1 2 2
ym y-value of midpoint: ym 1
3 x Midpoint is (2, − --- )
1
B (7, 1) ym = --1- (5 + 1) = 3 2
2
0
2
xm
7 x Midpoint is (4 --1- , 3) −3 B (1, −3)
2

2 Find the midpoint of the interval joining:


a (1, 6) to (11, 4) b (3, −2) to (5, 5)
1 + 11 6 + 4 3 + 5 −2 + 5
Midpoint =  --------------- , ------------ Midpoint =  ------------ , ----------------
 2 2   2 2 
=  --- , ---
8 3
=  ------ , ------
12 10
 2 2  2 2
= (6, 5) = (4, 1 1--- )
2

Exercise
1 Read the midpoint of the interval AB from the graph.
a y b y c y d y
B (2, 5) A (−1, 5) A (0, 8)
B (6, 5)

B (4, 2)
A (−2, 1) B (4, 2)
A (1, 1)
x x x x

e y f y g y h y B (10, 8)
A (2, 6) B (−3, 8)
A (4, 0)
x
A (−5, 2)
B (0, −2) x A (2, 3)
B (6, −2) x x

2 Find the midpoint of the interval that joins:


a (3, 4) to (10, 8) b (1, 6) to (3, 8) c (0, 7) to (6, 3) d (5, 5) to (11, 1)
e (8, 0) to (0, 4) f (4, 2) to (2, 10) g (6, 7) to (9, 3) h (2, 7) to (12, 3)
i (1, 0) to (6, 5) j (2, 4) to (4, 2) k (8, 3) to (5, 11) l (0, 5) to (10, 1)

3 Find the midpoint of the interval that joins:


a (−4, 6) to (−3, −5) b (−1, 6) to (3, −8) c (4, −1) to (8, −5) d (3, 0) to (−5, 4)
e (7, −3) to (−1, −5) f (0, −6) to (−2, 0) g (−2, −6) to (−4, −10) h (−3, 2) to (3, −2)
i (−3, 2) to (7, 8) j (6, −2) to (−4, 8) k (1, 0) to (−2, −5) l (7, −4) to (−3, −10)

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