Question

What is the midpoint of the line segment shown below? (-12,-3) (3,-8)

Answer 1

Midpoint formula: $(\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}}{2}), (\frac{y_{1}+y_{2}}{2})$

Coordinates that you gave: (-12,-3) and (3,-8)

Plug them into the formula and solve

$\frac{-12-3}{2} , \frac{-3-(-8)}{2}$

$-\frac{15}{2}, \frac{5}{2}$

The midpoint of the line segment is (-15/2, 5/2).

I hope this helps you :)

Answer 2

(-12,-3) (3,-8)

x = (-12 + 3)/2 = -9/2 = -4.5

y = (-3 - 8)/ 2 = -11/2 = -5.5

Answer

Midpoint (-4.5 , -5.5)