How do you find the midpoint of (2,6) and (4,8)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-26T19:18:32

Please see below.

$"If "A(x_1,y_1) and B(x_2,y_2) " are the two point on the line ,"$

$"then midpoint M of the line segment " bar(AB) " is :"$

$M((x_1+x_2)/2, (y_1+y_2)/2)$

Here, $A(2,6) and B(4,8)$

So, the midpoint of $bar(AB)$ is:

$M((2+4)/2 ,(6+8)/2)=(6/2,14/2)=(3,7)$