How do you find the midpoint of the segment connecting (4,7) to to (2,3)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-26T03:49:05

The midpoint of this segment is (3, 5)

#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 points in the problem we can solve for #M#:

#M = ((color(red)(4) + color(blue)(2))/2 , (color(red)(7) + color(blue)(3))/2)#

#M = (6/2 , 10/2)#

#M = (3, 5)#