Intermediate Geometry : Intermediate Geometry

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Intermediate Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Coordinate Geometry

Find the coordinate of the midpoint of the line segment connecting the pair of points

 and .

Possible Answers:

Cannot be determined

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The coordinate of the midpoint of the line segment connecting a pair of points is

.

So for the pair of points  and 

we get,

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

A line extends from the origin to . What is its midpoint?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The origin is the point . We can use the regular midpoint formula with as  and the given point  as :

 

Note that since the first point is the origin, we're averaging these points with 0, or in other words just dividing by 2.

Example Question #8 : Midpoint Formula

There is a line segment between the two points (5, 10) and (3, 6).  What formula will give you the correct mid-point of the line segment?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the mid-point given two points on the coordinate plane you are basically finding the average of the x-values and the average of the y-values.  To do this follow the formula below:

With our points this gives:

Example Question #7 : Midpoint Formula

A line has endpoints at (4,5) and (-6,8). Where is its midpoint?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint is the point that is equidistant from each endpoint point.

We find it using a formula that computes the average of the x and y coordinates.

Example Question #1 : Midpoint Formula

A line segment has the endpoints  and . What is the midpoint of this line segment?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

Example Question #11 : Coordinate Geometry

A line segment has endpoints (8, 1) and (2, 5). What is the midpoint of this segment?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

Example Question #12 : Coordinate Geometry

A line segment has endpoints at (10, 2) and (-10, -6). What is the midpoint of this line?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

Example Question #13 : Coordinate Geometry

A line segments has endpoints at (-5, 1) and (-2, 9). What is the midpoint of this line segment?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

Example Question #14 : Coordinate Geometry

Find the midpoint of a line that has endpoints at (9, 2) and (11, 6).

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

Example Question #15 : Coordinate Geometry

Find the midpoint of a line that has endpoints at (-15, 2) and (-2, 2).

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the formula for finding a midpoint of a line segment:

The coordinates of the midpoint is just the average of the x-coordinates and the average of the y-coordinates.

Plug in the given points to find the midpoint of the line segment.

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