How do you find the midpoint of (4.25,2.5), (2.5,-3)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T18:46:29

See the entire solution process below:

The formula to find the mid-point of a line segment give the two end points is:

$M = ((color(red)(x_1) + color(blue)(x_2))/2 , (color(red)(y_1) + color(blue)(y_2))/2)$

Where $M$ is the midpoint and the given points are:

( $color(red)((x_1, y_1))$ ) and ( $color(blue)((x_2, y_2))$ )

Substituting the values from the problem gives:

$M = ((color(red)(4.25) + color(blue)(2.5))/2 , (color(red)(2.5) + color(blue)(-3))/2)$

$M = (6.75/2 , (-0.5)/2)$

$M = (3.375, 0.25)$