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ACT Math: Coordinate Geometry Drill 5, Problem 4. Find the other endpoint.

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Here's another shmoop du jour...

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One endpoint of a line segment is (3, -4). If the midpoint is (2, 1), what is the other

00:12

endpoint? And here are your potential answers...

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Ok so this question is asking us to basically apply the midpoint formula...

00:20

Okay... if we're given two points....x1, y1, and x2, y2...

00:24

...the midpoint between the two points can be found with the formula: x1 plus x2 divided

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by 2, y1 plus y2 divided by 2. But we're not given the two endpoints. Instead,

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we're given the midpoint and one other point...

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Not a problem. Let's place these values in the midpoint formula.

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(2,1) equals the quantity 3 plus x... divided by 2... and the quantity negative 4 plus y

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divided by 2. So the x coordinate equation is 2 equals 3

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plus x divided by 2...and the y coordinate is 1 equals negative 4 plus y divided by 2.

01:03

Now let's go to the x coordinate equation. Multiply both sides by 2...

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So 4 equals 3 plus x. Then we subtract both sides by 3..

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So the x coordinate is 1.

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Well, now let's go to the y-coordinate equation.

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Multiply both sides by 2. 2 equals negative 4 plus y. Add 4 to both sides...

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So y equals 6. And yeah, it's answer choice E!

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