find the midpoint of the line segment that has endpoints at (10,8) (-3,-10)

Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given the endpoints: (10,8) (-3,-10)

x1 = 10

x2 = -3

y1 = 8

y2 = -10

In order to find the midpoint of the line segment, we used the midpoint formula

midpoint = (x1 + x2)/2 , (y1 + y2)/2

Solution:

midpoint = (10+(-3))/2, (8+(-10)/2

midpoint = 7/2 , -2/2

midpoint = (3.5, -1)