Question

Bc has endpoints b(5 ,9) and c(-4, -3). Find the coordinates of the midpoint of bc

Answer 1

(1/2 , 3) is the midpoint

Answer 2

We can find the midpoint of any line segment using the midpoint formula: M=(x1+x2/2,y1+y2/2). Essentially, the midpoint formula finds the average of two points. If we use B and the first point and C as the second, when we plug in our values we would have M=(5-4/2,9-5/2). This can be simplified to M=(1/2,4/2) or M=(1/2,2) which is the final answer.

I hope this helps.