Endpoints: (-4, -10) and (8, -1)
Midpoint: (2, -5.5)
Slope: 3/4
Perpendicular slope: -4/3
Perpendicular equation: y --5.5 = -4/3(x-2) => 3y = -4x -8.5
Perpendicular bisector equation in its general form: 4x+3y+8.5 = 0
Endpoints: (2, 9) and (9, 2) Midpoint: (5.5, 5.5) Slope of line segment: -1 Perpendicular slope: 1 Perpendicular bisector equation: y-5.5 = 1(x-5.5) => y = x
Points: (-1, -6) and (5, -8) Midpoint: (2, -7) Perpendicular slope: 3 Perpendicular bisector equation: y = 3x -13
Midpoint = (3+7)/2, (5+7)/2 = (5, 6) Slope of line segment = 7-5 divided by 7-3 = 2/4 = 1/2 Slope of the perpendicular = -2 Equation of the perpendicular bisector: y-y1 = m(x-x1) y-6 =-2(x-5) y = -2x+10+6 Equation of the perpendicular bisector is: y = -2x+16
Points: (-2, 5) and (-8, -3) Midpoint: (-5, 1) Slope: 4/3 Perpendicular slope: -3/4 Use: y-1 = -3/4(x--5) Bisector equation: y = -3/4x-11/4 or as 3x+4y+11 = 0
The perpendicular distance from (2, 4) to the equation works out as the square root of 20 or 2 times the square root of 5
Endpoints: (-7, -3) and (-1, -4) Midpoint: (-4, -3.5) Slope: (-3--4)/(-7--1) = -1/6 Perpendicular slope: 6 Perpendicular bisector equation: y--3.5 = 6(x--4) => y = 6x+20.5
Endpoints: (-2, 4) and (6, 8) Slope: 1/2 Perpendicular slope: -2 Midpoint: (2, 6) Perpendicular bisector equation: y = -2x+10
Endpoints: (3, 5) and (7,7) Midpoint: (5, 6) Slope: 1/2 Perpendicular slope: -2 Perpendicular bisector equation: y-6 = -2(x-5) => y = -2x+16
Endpoints: (-1, -6) and (5, -8) Midpoint: (2, -7) Slope: -1/3 Perpendicular slope: 3 Perpendicular bisector equation: y - -7 = 3(x -2) => y = 3x -13
Endpoints: (2, 9) and (9, 2) Midpoint: (5.5, 5.5) Slope of line segment: -1 Perpendicular slope: 1 Perpendicular bisector equation: y-5.5 = 1(x-5.5) => y = x
Endpoints: (s, 2s) and (3s, 8s) Midpoint: (2s, 5s) Slope of line: 3/1 Slope of perpendicular line: -1/3 Perpendicular bisector equation: y-5s = -1/3(x-2s) => 3y = -x+17s Perpendicular bisector equation in its general form: x+3y-17s = 0
Endpoints: (-1, 3) and (-2, -5) Midpoint: (-3/2, -1) Slope: 8 Perpendicular slope: -1/8 Perpendicular bisector equation: y --1 = -1/8--3/2 => y = -1/8x -19/16
Endpoints: (s, 2s) and (3s, 8s) Midpoint: (2s, 5s) Slope: 3 Perpendicular slope: -1/3 Perpendicular bisector equation: 3y = -x+17s or as x+3y-17s = 0
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End points: (-7, -3) and (-1, -4) Midpoint: (-4, -3.5) Slope: -1/6 Perpendicular slope: 6 Perpendicular bisector equation: y--3.5 = 6(x--4) => y = 6x+20.5
Points: (-2, 3) and (1, -1) Midpoint: (-0.5, 1) Slope: -4/3 Perpendicular slope: 4/3 Equation: 3y = -4x+1 Perpendicular bisector equation: 4y = 3x+5.5
Points: (-1, 4) and (3, 8) Midpoint (1, 6) Slope: 1 Perpendicular slope: -1 Perpendicular bisector equation: y-6 = -1(x-1) => y = -x+7