Question

M is the midpoint of line segment AB. If the coordinates of M are (2, 6) and the coordinates of B are (5, 10), which of the following represents the coordinates of point A?

Answer 1

The coordinates of A would be (-1, 2)

Explanation:

In order to find this, use the mid-point formula.

(xA + xB)/2 = xM

In this, the xA is the x value of point A, xB is the x value of point B, and xM is the x value of M. Now we plug in the known information and solve for xA.

(xA + 5)/2 = 2

xA + 5 = 4

xA = -1

Now we can do the same using the midpoint formula and the y values.

(yA + yB)/2 = yM

(yA + 10)/2 = 6

yA + 10 = 12

yA = 2

This gives us the midpoint of (-1, 2)