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Distance & Midpoint Calculator
Find the distance and midpoint between two coordinate points with formulas, substitution, and worked steps.
COORDINATE GEOMETRY
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NO DATA SENT
COORDINATE WORKBENCHDISTANCE / MIDPOINT / FORMULAS / SUBSTITUTION
POINTSENTER TWO ORDERED PAIRS
Distance uses the Pythagorean theorem between the points. Midpoint averages the x-coordinates and y-coordinates separately.
DISTANCE—
MIDPOINT—
DISTANCE FORMULAd = √((x₂ − x₁)² + (y₂ − y₁)²)
MIDPOINT FORMULAM = ((x₁ + x₂)/2, (y₁ + y₂)/2)
REMEMBERKeep x values with x values and y values with y values.
STEPSFORMULA → SUBSTITUTE → SIMPLIFY
READYEnter two coordinate points.
LOCAL TOOL: Coordinates and calculations stay entirely in your browser.
FIELD NOTE / 044
Use the distance formula and midpoint formula between two points.
The distance formula measures the straight-line distance between (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂). It comes from the Pythagorean theorem: find the horizontal change, find the vertical change, square both, add them, and take the square root.
The midpoint formula finds the exact center by averaging the two x-coordinates and then averaging the two y-coordinates. Keeping x values with x values and y values with y values prevents the most common setup mistake.