Question

Find the midpoint M of the line segment joining the points C = (-8, -8) and D = (-2, 6)?

Answer 1

`~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ C(\stackrel{x_1}{-8}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-8})\qquad D(\stackrel{x_2}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{6}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left(\cfrac{ -2 -8}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ 6 -8}{2} \right) \implies \left(\cfrac{ -10 }{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ -2 }{2} \right)\implies (-5~~,~~-1)`