Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Section 2.1 The Distance and Midpoint Formulas
Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. x axis y axis origin Rectangular or Cartesian Coordinate System
Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Let's plot the point (6,4) (-3,-5) (0,7) Let's plot the point (-6,0) (6,4) (-6,0) Let's plot the point (-3,-5)Let's plot the point (0,7)
Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Quadrant I x > 0, y > 0 Quadrant II x 0 Quadrant III x < 0, y < 0 Quadrant IV x > 0, y < 0
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Horizontal or Vertical Segments
Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall. Find the distance d between the points (2, 4) and ( 1, 3).
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Find the midpoint of the line segment from P 1 = (4, 2) to P 2 = (2, 5). Plot the points and their midpoint. P1P1 P2P2 M