Question

Find the midpoint Mof the line segment joining the points S = (5.-6) and T = (-1,-2).M= IDХ5?Continue© 2020 McGraw-Hi Education. All RightsOwSHType here to search

Answer 1

The midpoint of a line delimited by two point can be found by the average of each coordinate of the points. This means that we can apply the following expression:

`((x_1+x_2)/(2),(y_1+y_2)/(2))`

Applying the coordinates given:

`(\frac{5\text{ -1}}{2},(-6-2)/(2))\text{ = (}(4)/(2),\text{ }(-8)/(2))\text{ = }(2,\text{ -4)}`

The coordinates of the midpoint of this line are (2,-4).