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A segment has endpoints at (7, 12) and (-5, -9). What is the midpoint of the segment?

A segment has endpoints at (7, 12) and (-5, -9). What is the midpoint of the segment-example-1
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The two points are (7,12) and (-5,-9)

The x coordinates of each point are 7 and -5. They add up to 7+(-5) = 2. Divide this result over 2 to get 2/2 = 1. The x coordinate of the midpoint is 1.

The y coordinates of each point are 12 and -9. They add up to 12+(-9) = 3. Divide this result over 2 to get 3/2 = 1.5. The y coordinate of the midpoint is 1.5

To summarize, the final answer is (1, 1.5) which is choice D
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