Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Graphs - 1.1 The Distance and Midpoint Formulas - 1.1 Assess Your Understanding - Page 7: 53

Answer

${{P}_{2}}=\left( 1,2 \right)$

Work Step by Step

Here, ${{P}_{1}}=\left( {{x}_{1}},{{y}_{1}} \right)=\left( -3,6 \right)$ and ${{P}_{2}}=\left( {{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}} \right)$ By using midpoint formula, the coordinate of midpoint of two points ${{P}_{1}}=\left( -3,6 \right)$ and${{P}_{2}}=\left( {{x}_{2}},{{y}_{2}} \right)$ is $M=(x,y)$, where $x=\frac{-3+{{x}_{2}}}{2}$ and $\,y=\frac{6+{{y}_{2}}}{2}$ The midpoint of the line segment joining the points ${{P}_{1}}$ and ${{P}_{2}}$ is $\left( -1,4 \right)$. Therefore, $x=-1$and $y=4$ $\Rightarrow \,\,-1=\frac{-3+{{x}_{2}}}{2}$ and $4=\frac{6+{{y}_{2}}}{2}$ Solving each equation gives: $-1=\dfrac{-3+{{x}_{2}}}{2}$ $ -2={{x}_{2}}-3$ $ -2+3={{x}_{2}}-3+3$ $ 1={{x}_{2}}$ and $4=\frac{6+{{y}_{2}}}{2}$ $\,\,8\,={{y}_{2}}+6$ $\,\,8-6\,={{y}_{2}}+6-6$ $\,\,2\,={{y}_{2}}$ ${{y}_{2}}=2$ Thus, ${{P}_{2}}=\left( 1,2 \right)$
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