It is (3.5, -2.5)
Chat with our AI personalities
If the midpoint of a horizontal line segment with a length of 8 is (3, -2), then the coordinates of its endpoints are (6, -2) and (0, -4).
Midpoint = (x/2, y/2)
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
You could use algebra (see below for how to do that), or you could graph the line and measure it.Using algebraThe x-coordinate of the midpoint of a line segment is the average of the x-coordinates of the end-points. 1/2(-6 + 6) = 0The y-coordinate of the midpoint of a line segment is the average of the y-coordinates of the end-points.1/2(0 + 0) = 0The midpoint of the given horizontal segment is the origin, (0, 0) .
(37+73)/2=55