easiest way is to find which one is smaller -2 is smaller than 6 8 is smaler than 10 so (-2,8) is smaller we find the distance betewen them distance between -2 and 6 is 8 distance beteeen 8 and 10=2 so we add 1/2 of each to the smaller one 8/2=4 -2+4=2 2/2=1 8+1=9 the midpoint is (1,9)