Question

The midpoint of a line segment with end points as (x1, -8) and (-4, 6) is (-5, -1). What is the value of x1?

Answer 1

\[M=(\frac{x+x_1}{2},\frac{y+y_1}{2})\]
\[\frac{x_1+(-4)}{2}=-5\]

Answer 2

x=-6