Question

A line segment has endpoints Q(-16, -12) and R(21, -8).
What is the midpoint of the line segment?
02¹-201

Answer 1

Answer:

(2.5, - 10 )

Step-by-step explanation:

given endpoints (x₁, y₁ ) and (x₂, y₂ ) then the midpoint is

( $\frac{x_{1}+x_{2} }{2}$ , $\frac{y_{1}+y_{2} }{2}$ )

here (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 16, - 12 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (21, - 8 ) , then

midpoint = ( $\frac{-16+21}{2}$ , $\frac{-12-8}{2}$ ) = ( $\frac{5}{2}$, $\frac{-20}{2}$ ) = (2.5, - 10 )