Question

How do you find the midpoint of (2,8) and (4,6)?

Answer 1

The midpoint is `(3,7)`.

Explanation:

The midpoint formula is: `(x_m,y_m)=((x_1+x_2)/2,(y_1+y_2)/2)`

We have, `x_1=2,y_1=8,x_2=4,y_2=6`

substituting the values,

`(2+4)/2 and (8+6)/2 =(3,7)`

Another way of looking at the "midpoint formula" is just as taking the average of the values for `x` and the average of the values for `y`.

Halfway between `x=2` and `x=4` is `x=3`, and halfway between `y=8` and `y=6` is at `y=7`, so the midpoint is `(3,7)`.