Question

How do you find the midpoint of the line segment joining (2,8) and (4,6)?

Answer 1

(3 ,7)

Explanation:

To find the mid-point of 2 given points `(x_1,y_1)" and " (x_2,y_2)`

use the `color(blue)"mid-point formula"`

`color(red)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)color(black)((1/2(x_1+x_2),1/2(y_1+y_2)))color(white)(a/a)|)))`

let `(x_1,y_1)=((2,8)" and " (x_2,y_2)=(4,6)`

`rArr" mid-point "=(1/2(2+4),1/2(8+6))=(3,7)`