SAT Math : Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint between  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint is the point halfway between the two endpoints, so sum up the coordinates and divide by 2:

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

 has endpoints  and

What is the midpoint of

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint is simply the point halfway between the x-coordinates and halfway between the y-coordinates: 

Sum the x-coordinates and divide by 2:

Sum the y-coordinates and divide by 2:

Therefore the midpoint is (5.5, 6.5).

 

 

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

What is the mid point of a linear line segment that spans from  to ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the midpoint of a line segment, use this formula:

Therefore, the midpoint of the given line segment is:

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

Find the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (1,3) and (5,7).

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve, simply use the midpoint formula as outlined below.

Given,

Thus,

Example Question #2 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

Find the midpoint of a line segment with end points (1,3) and (11,3).

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve, simply realize you are on a horizantal line, so you just need to find the distance betweent he two x coordants and find half way between them. Thus,

Thus, the midpoint is at (1+5,3) which is (6,3).

Example Question #11 : Midpoint Formula

What is the midpoint of a line segment that begins at (0, -1) and ends at (4, 10)? 

Possible Answers:

None of the given answers. 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint of a line segment can be found by averaging the x-values and y-values of the given ordered pairs. In other words,

.

Take the average of the given x- and y-values of our ordered pairs.

Example Question #12 : Midpoint Formula

Find the midpoint between the point  and the center of the given circle.

Possible Answers:

None of the given answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Remember that the general equation for a circle with center  and radius  is 

With this in mind, the center of our circle is 

To find the midpoint between our two points, use the midpoint formula. 

Example Question #13 : Midpoint Formula

The following coordinates represent the vertices of a box. Where does the center of the box lie? 

Possible Answers:

None of the given answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this, we need to choose two points that lie diagonally across from each other. Let's use  and . Now, we can substitute these points into the Midpoint Formula.

Example Question #14 : Midpoint Formula

Give the coordinates of the midpoint, in terms of , of a segment on the coordinate plane whose endpoints are   and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The coordinates  of the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints  and  can be calculated using the formulas

and

.

Setting  and , and substituting:

Setting  and , and substituting:

The coordinates of the midpoint, in terms of , are 

Example Question #12 : How To Find The Midpoint Of A Line Segment

The two endpoints of a line segment are  and . Find the midpoint. 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to find the midpoint of a line segment, you need to average the x and y values of the endpoints.

The midpoint formula is

 

After plugging in the values you get

 for x 

and  for y 

Therefore, the midpoint is at

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