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Name_______________
Day 2 Assignment
1-3 Reteach to Build Understanding

Midpoint and Distance

1. Find the length of each segment in the path shown.

What is the total distance?

Example: E(2, –1) and F(6, 0). The distance d from point E to point F is
calculated with the Distance Formula.
__________________
​​  ​(  
d=√ ​x​  2​​ – ​x​  1​​)​​  2​ + (​y​  2​​ – ​y​  1​​​)​​  2​ ​​ A y
__________________ 8
AB = 2
= ​​√ (6
   – 2​)​​  2​ + ​(0 – (–1))​​  2​ ​​
__________ 6
B C
=√
​​  (4​)​​  ​ + ​(1)​​  ​ ​​
2 2
BC = 3 CD = 5
______ 4 D
=√
​​  16 + 1 ​​
___ 2
DE = 4
= ​​√ 17 ​​ ≈ 4.123 F x
−4 −2 O 2 4 6
E EF = √17 = 4.1

2. Find the midpoint of each segment in Exercise 1 above.

Example: The midpoint M between point E and point F is calculated
with the Midpoint Formula.

M:(  ​​ = ​​(_____

) ​)
​x​  ​​ + ​x​  ​​ y
​ ​  ​​ + ​y​  ​​
 ​​ = ​​(__ ​  –1  ​)​​ = ​​(4, ___
​  –1  ​)​​
0 + (–1)
​​ ​  ______
1 2 _______
 ​,​ 
 
  1  ​ 2
  ​  6 +  2 
​, _______
​      ​  8 ​, ___
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
¯
​​ AB​​  : ( )

¯
​​   : (
BC​​ )

¯
​​   : (
CD​​ )

¯
​​   : (
DE​​ )

¯
​​   : (
EF​​ )

3. Cameron calculated the distance between point C and point D below.

Is the distance correct? If not, what is her mistake?
___________________
d=√
​​    
((–2) ​+ 2)​​  2​ + ​(6 + 3)​​  2​ ​​
__________
=√
​​  (0​)​​  2​ + (9​)​​  2​ ​​
=9

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1-3 Additional Practice

Midpoint and Distance

1. What is the midpoint formula?

For Exercises 2–5, find the midpoint of each segment with the given endpoints.
2. A(−4, 6) and B(10, −10)
3. C(−3, −8) and D(−6.5, −4.5)
4. E(3, 7) and F(−8, −10)
5. G(−6, −13) and H(−6.4, −3.8)

For Exercises 6–9, find the coordinates of each point

described in relation to line segment CD.

6. 1 of the way from C to D

3

7. 2 of the way from D to C

3

8. 2 of the way from C to D

3

9. 1 of the way from D to C

3

10. What is the distance formula?

For Exercises 11–14, find the distance between each pair of points.

11. A(6, 8), B(−1, 8)

12. C(5, −6), D(5, 6)
13. E(−2, 0), F(11, 0)
14. Q(1, −5), T(9, 1)
15. Understand If M is the midpoint of ST , write an
equation that describes the relationship between
ST and MT.
16. Apply The axes in the coordinate grid at the
right represent the walls of a bedroom. One
corner of the room is at the origin. What is
the distance from that corner of the room to
the corner of the bed that is farthest away? If
necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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