How do you find the midpoint of the line segment joining (2,-4) and (5,-2)?

1 Answer
Jan 4, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The formula to find the mid-point of a line segment give the two end points is:

M = ((color(red)(x_1) + color(blue)(x_2))/2 , (color(red)(y_1) + color(blue)(y_2))/2)

Where M is the midpoint and the given points are:

(color(red)(x_1), color(red)(y_1)) and (color(blue)(x_2), color(blue)(y_2))

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

M = ((color(red)(2) + color(blue)(5))/2 , (color(red)(-4) + color(blue)(-2))/2)

M = (7/2 , -6/2)

M = (7/2 , -3)