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The coordinates of the midpoint of MN are (4,1). The coordinates of point M are (-2,5).What are the coordinates of point N?

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The Solution:

Step 1: The given data

The coordinates of the midpoint of MN is (4,1)

The coordinates of point of M is (-2,5)

The coordinates of point of N is (x,y)

Step 2:

The formula for calculating Midpoint coordinates is given below:


\text{Midpoint of MN=(}(x_1+x_2)/(2),(y_1+y_2)/(2))=(4,1)

In this case,


\begin{gathered} x_1=-2,y_1=5 \\ x_2=x,y_2=y \end{gathered}

Substituting these values in the formula above, we get


\begin{gathered} 4\text{=}\frac{-2_{}+x_{}}{2} \\ \text{cross multiplying, we get} \\ -2+x=4*2 \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} -2+x=8 \\ x=8+2=10 \end{gathered}

Similarly,


\begin{gathered} 1\text{=}\frac{5_{}+y_{}}{2} \\ \text{cross multiplying, we get} \\ 5+y=2*1 \end{gathered}
y=2-5=-3

Hence, the coordinates of point N is (10,-3)

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