Question

Find the location of Y, the midpoint of XZ X is located at (3,-9)

Answer 1

The location of point Y is the point -3 on the number line

Here, we want to find the location of Y

let us say the point 0 represents the origin

The coordinates of point x will be (-9,0) while the coordinates of point z will be (3,0)

To find the location of Y , we proceed to use the midpoint formula as follows;

`(x,y)=\frac{x_{1\text{ }}+x_2}{2},\frac{y_{1\text{ }}+y_2}{2}`

Thus, we have;

(-9 + 3)/2 , (0 + 0)/2

= -6/2 , 0

= (-3 , 0)