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SAT Coordinate Geometry Slope Distance Midpoint Practice Questions (Free + Explanations) | Quiz 7

Question 12345 of 5

Question 1 of 5

A city planner models a straight bike path on the -plane. The path passes through the point and crosses the -axis at . What is the distance from the origin to the point where the path crosses the -axis?

Explanation

First find the slope of the line through and :

So the equation of the line has the form . Substitute the point :

That means the line crosses the -axis at . The distance from the origin to is

So the correct answer is .

Concept summary

Use slope from two points to write the line equation, find the intercept, then use the distance formula. When a point lies on the -axis, its distance from the origin is the absolute value of its -coordinate.

Question 2 of 5

In the -plane, points and satisfy , , and . Which statement must be true about segment ?

Explanation

The midpoint of is found by averaging the coordinates of the endpoints:

The distance between and is

Since , the length of is

Therefore, the statement that must be true is that the midpoint is and the length is .

Concept summary

For endpoints and , the midpoint is

and the distance is

Question 3 of 5

In the -plane, the endpoints of a segment are and . Which expression is equivalent to the distance between these endpoints?

Explanation

Use the distance formula for points and :

Here, the points are and . Substituting gives

This matches choice A. Notice that the distance formula uses the differences in the -coordinates and the differences in the -coordinates, then squares those differences.

Concept summary

The distance between two points in the coordinate plane is found by subtracting the corresponding coordinates, squaring those differences, adding them, and taking the square root.

Question 4 of 5

In the coordinate plane, segment has endpoints and . If the midpoint of is , what is the value of ?

Explanation

Use the midpoint formula. For endpoints and , the midpoint is

Here, the -coordinate of the midpoint is 2, so

Multiply both sides by 2:

Then add 3 to both sides:

Therefore, the correct answer is .

Concept summary

To find a missing coordinate when a midpoint is given, set the appropriate midpoint formula equal to the midpoint coordinate and solve the resulting equation.

Question 5 of 5

A bike-share company tracks two repair stations on a coordinate map of a city. One station is at and the other is at . What is the distance, in map units, between the two stations?

Explanation

Use the distance formula between and :

For the points and , the horizontal change is and the vertical change is . So

Therefore, the distance between the stations is .

Concept summary

To find the distance between two points on a coordinate plane, use the distance formula, which comes from the Pythagorean theorem: square the horizontal and vertical changes, add them, and take the square root.

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