Question

What is the midpoint of a segment (-2,-7) and (7,4)

Answer 1

$\bf ~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ (\stackrel{x_1}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-7})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{7}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{4}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left( \cfrac{7-2}{2}~~,~~\cfrac{4-7}{2} \right)\implies \left(\cfrac{5}{2}~,~\cfrac{-3}{2} \right)\implies \left( 2\frac{1}{2}~,~-1\frac{1}{2} \right)$