Precalculus Examples

$(6, 8)$ , $(- 9, - 3)$

Step 1

Use the midpoint formula to find the midpoint of the line segment.

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

Step 2

Substitute in the values for $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ .

$(\frac{6 - 9}{2}, \frac{8 - 3}{2})$

Step 3

Subtract $9$ from $6$ .

$(\frac{- 3}{2}, \frac{8 - 3}{2})$

Step 4

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$(- \frac{3}{2}, \frac{8 - 3}{2})$

Step 5

Subtract $3$ from $8$ .

$(- \frac{3}{2}, \frac{5}{2})$

Step 6

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