Question

PLEASE HELP! find the midpoint of segment AB: A(-5,-4) B(3, 2)

Answer 1

What's the average of -5 and 3?

Answer 2

-2?

Answer 3

No, that's the SUM. What is the AVERAGE? If you had to walk half way from -5 to 3, where would you end up?

Answer 4

-1?

Answer 5

Perfect.

Same question with -4 and 2. What's the average of these two values?

Answer 6

-1 right?

Answer 7

Also correct.

What is exactly half way between (-5,-4) and (3,2)?

Answer 8

would that be (-1, -1)?

Answer 9

That's all it takes. x-coordinates and y-coordinates separately. Good work.

Answer 10

yay thanks!