Question

Help What is the midpoint of a segment whose endpoints are (-4,6) and (2,5)?

Answer 1

Answer:

(- 1, 5.5 )

Step-by-step explanation:

Given (x₁, y₁ ) and (x₂, y₂ ) then the midpoint is

[ 0.5(x₁ + x₂), 0.5(y₁ + y₂ ) ]

Here (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 4, 6) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (2, 5 ), thus

midpoint = [ 0.5(- 4 + 2), 0.5(6 + 5) ] = [ 0.5(- 2), 0.5(11) ] = (- 1, 5.5 )