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Question 7

7. Line segment RS has endpoints at (4. 9) and (12,-4). What are the coordinates of the midpoint?

Answer 1

`~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ (\stackrel{x_1}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{9})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{12}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-4}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left(\cfrac{ 12 +4}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ -4 +9}{2} \right) \implies \left(\cfrac{ 16 }{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ 5 }{2} \right)\implies \left( 8~~,~~2(1)/(2) \right)`