Algebra Examples

$(- 4, 5)$ and $(- 1, 1)$

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 $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ .

$(\frac{- 4 - 1}{2}, \frac{5 + 1}{2})$

Step 3

Subtract $1$ from $- 4$ .

$(\frac{- 5}{2}, \frac{5 + 1}{2})$

Step 4

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$(- \frac{5}{2}, \frac{5 + 1}{2})$

Step 5

Add $5$ and $1$ .

$(- \frac{5}{2}, \frac{6}{2})$

Step 6

Divide $6$ by $2$ .

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

Step 7