Question about Geometery?

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Question about Geometery?

Find the distance from the midpoint of line segment AB to point C if
A (2,6) B (4,2) c (7,6)

2007-01-21 11:28:50 · 2 answers · asked by FairestOfThemAll 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography

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The midpoint is (3,4) = 1/2 ( (2,6) + (4,2) )

The vector from the midpoint to C is

(4,2) = (7,6) - (3,4)

By pythagorean, we have the distance:

Sqrt(4^2+2^2) = 2Sqrt(5)

2007-01-21 11:58:30 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Try asking in the right forum next time.

2007-01-21 20:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by trimetrov 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋