Question

Find the coordinates for the midpoint of the segment with endpoints given.
(3, 5) and (-2, 0)


(1/2, 5/2)
(5/2, 1/2)
(1, 5/2)

Could someone explain how to do this?

Answer 1

Midpoint formula:
\[\left( \frac{ x_1+x_2 }{ 2 },\frac{ y_1+y_2 }{ 2 }\right)\]
^you can memorize that if you want, but basically you average the coordinates to get the midpoint

Answer 2

So the answer for this one is (5/2, 1/2)?

Answer 3

Not quite, lets plug in the given info

Answer 4

Midpoint formula:
\[\left( \frac{ 3+(-2) }{ 2 },\frac{ 5+0 }{ 2 }\right)\]

Answer 5

Try from here; what will our answer be?

Answer 6

(1/2, 5/2)

Answer 7

Yep