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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the midpoint of the line segment with end points (1,-7) and (3,-3)

OpenStudy (jtvatsim):

Hello! Have you tried anything so far? Any ideas on what you might do first?

rvc (rvc):

do you know the formula?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i know i have to plot the points on a graph?

OpenStudy (jtvatsim):

That's a good start. Let's do that.

OpenStudy (jtvatsim):

You should get something that looks like this...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the choices given are A. (1,4) b. (2,2) c (2,4) d. (1,2)

rvc (rvc):

well i have a formula

OpenStudy (jtvatsim):

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OpenStudy (jtvatsim):

Does that make sense so far?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that how i am going to have to plot them

rvc (rvc):

well i will tell you the formula its pretty easy :)

rvc (rvc):

\[x_{1}+x _{2}/2\ ,y _{1}+y _{2}/2\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you explain what im going to do first like divide numbers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i havent learned these

rvc (rvc):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

so i divide those

rvc (rvc):

yes just showing the working :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so basically the answer will be c i got (2,4)?

rvc (rvc):

the y co-ordinate is wrong:) well can you show the working

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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