How do you find the midpoint of R(2,6) M(-1,1)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-27T00:26:56

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:

$M = ((color(red)(2) + color(blue)(-1))/2 , (color(red)(6) + color(blue)(1))/2)$

$M = (1/2 , 7/2)$