Question #230b9

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Jan 12, 2018

You can find the midpoint of two points by adding their respective abscissas (x coordinate) and ordinates (y coordinate) and dividing these values by 2.

To find the x coordinate of the midpoint, add the first x coordinate (which we will call x_1) and the second x coordinate (x_2) together; then divide it by 2.

x_1 is 4 and x_2 is -6. The x coordinate or the abscissa of the midpoint is thus:

(4+(-6))/2=-1

We can do the same with y or the ordinate:

y_1 is 3 and y_2 is 6, so

(3+6)/2=4.5

So the midpoint of (4, 3) and (-6, 6) is (-1, 4.5).