How do you use mean in your procedure to calculate the coordinates of the midpiont of a segement?

Answer 1

To calculate the coordinates of the midpoint of a segment, you take the mean of the x-coordinates and the mean of the y-coordinates of the segment's endpoints. If the endpoints are given as ((x_1, y_1)) and ((x_2, y_2)), the midpoint ((M_x, M_y)) is calculated using the formulas (M_x = \frac{x_1 + x_2}{2}) and (M_y = \frac{y_1 + y_2}{2}). This results in the midpoint coordinates ((M_x, M_y)) being the average position of the two endpoints.