Question

Find the midpoint of the line segment with the given endpoints.(7, -10), (4, -5)

Answer 1

Solution

For this case we have the following points:

(7, -10) and (4, -5)

We can find the midpoint with the following formula:

$M=(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2},\frac{y_1+y_2}{2})=(\frac{7+4}{2},\frac{-10-5}{2})=(\frac{11}{2},\frac{-15}{2})$

For the second case we have the following points:

(7, -1), (10, -9)

For the slope we can do the following:

$m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}=\frac{-9+1}{10-7}=\frac{-8}{3}$

Rounded to the nearest tenth would be:

-2.7