Find the midpoint between (8,-13) and (1,-7).

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anonymous · Answer

take the average of each coordinate

anonymous · Answer

Label your coordinate points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) and
and use the midpoint formula $$(x _{1}+x _{2}/2  ,  y _{1}+y _{2}/2)$$

anonymous · Answer

get 
$$(\frac{9}{2},-10)$$

anonymous · Answer

hello again!  you are still here?

anonymous · Answer

just add up and divide by 2. easy enough you may could do it in your head

anonymous · Answer

More homework... 17 more problems, to be exact. (: & im lost... what am i adding and dividing? Honestly, i have no clue what a midpoint is....

anonymous · Answer

midpoint means point half way between the other two

anonymous · Answer

Welll that would make sense...

anonymous · Answer

so you compute as follows:
$$(\frac{8+1}{2},\frac{-13-7}{2})$$

anonymous · Answer

hence the answer i sent

anonymous · Answer

17 more to go

anonymous · Answer

thats just plugging it in to the formula, right? THen i gotta solve, then ill get the answer you wrote?

anonymous · Answer

yes that is it.  add up and divide by two. one of the easier math problems

anonymous · Answer

you realize the answer is a point so it should look like 
$$(a,b)$$

anonymous · Answer

right, okay. Well hold on, i gotta write it all out and such.