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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?
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End points: (-3, 5) and 2, -1) Midpoint: (-3+2)/2 and (-1+5)/2 = (-1/2, 2)
The midpoint is: (1.5, -5)
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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?
The methods you could use to calculate the x-coordinate of the midpoint of a horizontal segment with endpoints at 0 0 and 20 0 would be: Divide 20 by 2 Count by hand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The easiest way to calculate the x-coordinate of the midpoint of any line segment is to add the x-coordinates of the end points together and divide by 2; similarly for the y-coordinates. In this case, the x-coordinate of the midpoint is (20 + 0)/2 = 20/2 = 5
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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.
End points: (-3, 5) and 2, -1) Midpoint: (-3+2)/2 and (-1+5)/2 = (-1/2, 2)
Midpoint of line segment: (6, -2.5) Median line points: (6, -2.5) and (0, 0) Length of median line: 6.5
The midpoint of the line segment of (-4, -3) and (7, -5) is at (1.5, -4)
Midpoint: (8, 7)
The midpoint is: (1.5, -5)
The x-coordinate of the midpoint is the average of the x-coordinates of the two given points. Similar for the y-coordinate.
Points: (-1, 5) and (-6, -2) Midpoint: (-3.5, 1.5)