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Find the midpoint of the following points (9,-2) and (9,-8)

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We need to find the midpoint of the segment defined by the endpoints:

(9, -2) and (9, -8)

Notice that these two points are on the same vertical line that goes through x = 9

So we could just find the midpoint of the y coordinate in between the given ones using the formula for midpoint coordinates:

ym = y1 + (y2-y1)/2

ym = -8 + (-2 - -8)/2

ym = -8 + 6/2

ym = -8 + 3

ym= -5

Then the coordinates of the midpoint are: (9, -5)