Vertical.
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tells us how to find the length of the segment. You can find it by subtracting the coordinate and take the absolute value.
Horizontal
Using the distance formula the length of the line segment from (10, -3) to (1, -3) is 9 units which means that the line segment is partitioned by 2 units and 7 units. To find the coordinates of point R plot the above information on the Cartesian plane.
If the midpoint of a horizontal line segment with a length of 8 is (3, -2), then the coordinates of its endpoints are (6, -2) and (0, -4).
The other end point is (8,-10).
If a point is on the perpendicular bisector of a segment, then it is equidistant, or the same distance, from the endpoints of the segment.
y
vertical
Horizontal
x-coordinates :)
Add the x-coordinates of the points and take the absolute value
Subtract the y-coordinates of the points and take the absolute value
When a line segment connecting two points is horizontal the length of the segment can be found by finding the absolute value of the difference in x-coordinates of the two points.
Subtract the x-coordinates of the points and take the absolute value. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the y-value would be zero, and the distance the square root of its own square.
The absolute value of the difference of their coordinate (if it is in one dimension).
The distance formula providing you know the coordinates of its end points
Because line segment lengths are often calculated as a square root, the absolute value symbols indicate it is only the positive solution that counts, as a distance cannot be negative.
The 'x' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'x' coordinates of the segment's ends. The 'y' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'y' coordinates of the segment's ends.