How do you find the midpoint of (1.8, –3.4) and (–0.4, 1.4)?

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How do you find the midpoint of (1.8, –3.4) and (–0.4, 1.4)?

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Answer 1 · 2014-10-27T17:03:26

You can find it out using the mid point formula, which is given by:

$M (x, y) = (\frac{x_{1} + x_{2}}{2}, \frac{y_{1} + y_{2}}{2})$ $M(x,y)=((x_1+x_2)/2,(y_1+y_2)/2)$
where:
$(x, y)$ $(x,y)$ are coordinates of the midpoint,
$x_{1} and x_{2}$ $x_1 and x_2$ are the $x$ $x$ -coordinates of the given points,
and $y_{1} and y_{2}$ $y_1 and y_2$ are their respective $y$ $y$ -coordinates.

Substituting the given values in the formula:
$M (x, y) = (\frac{1.8 + (- 0.4)}{2}, \frac{- 3.4 + 1.4}{2})$ $M(x,y)=((1.8+(-0.4))/2,(-3.4+1.4)/2)$
$M (x, y) = (\frac{1.4}{2}, - \frac{2}{2})$ $M(x,y)=((1.4)/2,-2/2)$
$M (x, y) = (0.7, - 1)$ $M(x,y)=(0.7,-1)$

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How do you find the midpoint of (1.8, –3.4) and (–0.4, 1.4)?

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