The endpoints of a line segment graphed on a Cartesian coordinate system are (2, -5) and (-4, 2). What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment?
-1,-1.5
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(-1, 2.5)
End points: (-3, 5) and 2, -1) Midpoint: (-3+2)/2 and (-1+5)/2 = (-1/2, 2)
The coordinates of the midpoint are the averages of the coordinates of the end points. So (0, 7.5).
-1,-1.5
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(-1, 2.5)
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To get the midpoint between two points, the x-coordinate of the resulting point is the average of the x-coordinates of your two points. Similar for the y-coordinate. Take the average of the endpoints, calculate the average of the x-coordinates.
End points: (-3, 5) and 2, -1) Midpoint: (-3+2)/2 and (-1+5)/2 = (-1/2, 2)
The coordinates of the midpoint are the averages of the coordinates of the end points. So (0, 7.5).
The coordinates of the midpoint are the averages of the coordinates of the end points. So (0, 7.5).
To calculate the x-coordinate of the midpoint of a horizontal segment, you simply take the sum of x-coordinate of the endpoints of the horizontal segment and divide this by two. An example is if one is given endpoints with th x and y coordinates 2,3 and 5,6. To find the midpoint of the x-coordinates add 2 and 5 and divide this by 2, or 7/2.
The 'x' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'x' coordinates of the segment's ends. The 'y' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'y' coordinates of the segment's ends.
-- The 'x' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'x'-coordinates of the end-points. -- The 'y' coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the 'y'-coordinates of the end-points.
You can calculate the x coordinate of the midpoint by: calculating the average of the x coordinates, which would be the average of the endpoints. You could also count by hand, but if you are doing schoolwork there would be no work to show.