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What is the midpoint of the line segment described by (1,4) and (3,7)? I don't know how they got the correct answer, (2, 5.5). Please help. thanks
Hello Emi,
To find the midpoint of a line segment, what you do is find the midpoint of the x coordinates and the y coordinates. So the x coordinate of the midpoint is (1 + 3)/2 = 2. The midpoint of the y coordinates is (4 + 7)/2 which = 5.5. So it is (2,5.5).
I hope this helped,
Please feel free to ask if anything wasn't clear,
Robi
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