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Find the midpoint of the line segment with the given endpoints (-9,3), (-2,-8)

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In order to find the midpoint between two points you just need to add their coordinates and then divide the results by two:


((-9,3)+(-2,-8))/(2)=((-9-2,3-8))/(2)=((-11,-5))/(2)=(-5.5,-2.5)

Then the midpoint we are looking for is (-5.5,-2.5).

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