Question

. Find the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (20.10) and (6.8).​

Answer 1

Answer:

To find the mid-point of 2 given points

(

x

1

,

y

1

)

and

(

x

2

,

y

2

)

use the

mid-point formula

∣

∣

∣

∣

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

a

a

1

2

(

x

1

+

x

2

)

1

2

(

y

1

+

y

2

)

a

a

∣

∣

−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

let

(

x

1

,

y

1

)

=

(

(

2

,

8

)

and

(

x

2

,

y

2

)

=

(

4

,

6

)

⇒

mid-point

=

(

1

2

(

2

+

4

)

,

1

2

(

8

+

6

)

)

=

(

3

,

7

)