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I can't find the coordinates of midpoint D , must simplify

I can't find the coordinates of midpoint D , must simplify-example-1
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We have to find the midpoint coordinates (D) of segment AB.

We can calculate the coordinates of the midpoint as:


\begin{gathered} x_M=(x_A+x_B)/(2)=(-6x+(-2x))/(2)=(-8x)/(2)=-4x \\ \\ y_M=(y_A+y_B)/(2)=(4y+(-4y))/(2)=(4y-4y)/(2)=0 \end{gathered}

Answer: D = (-4x, 0)

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