Question

Find the midpoint of the segment below and enter its coordinates as anordered pair. If necessary, express coordinates as fractions, using the slashmark (7) for the fraction bar.

Answer 1

The midpoint of the segment is the average of the x-coordinates, and the average of the y-coordinates.

From the given problem :

(-6, -2) and (-1, 5)

The coordinates of the midpoint will be :

$(\frac{-1+(-6)}{2},\frac{5+(-2)}{2})=(-\frac{7}{2},\frac{3}{2})$

The answer is : (-7/2, 3/2)