Distance and midpoint formula worksheet
Two formulas that get confused with each other constantly. Distances are left as exact square roots rather than rounded, which is what a test expects.
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How to do these
Find the distance between and
- The differences are 3 across and 6 up.
- Square and add: 9 + 36 = 45.
- √45 simplifies to 3√5.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Using the wrong formula. Distance squares and adds, midpoint averages, and the answers do not even have the same shape: a distance is one number, a midpoint is a point. If your answer to a distance question has a comma in it, something has gone wrong.
Also called the distance between two points or the midpoint of a line segment.
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