How do you find the midpoint of (1.8, –3.4) and (–0.4, 1.4)?

1 Answer
Oct 27, 2014

You can find it out using the mid point formula, which is given by:

M(x,y)=((x_1+x_2)/2,(y_1+y_2)/2)M(x,y)=(x1+x22,y1+y22)
where:
(x,y)(x,y) are coordinates of the midpoint,
x_1 and x_2 x1andx2 are the xx-coordinates of the given points,
and y_1 and y_2y1andy2 are their respective yy-coordinates.

Substituting the given values in the formula:
M(x,y)=((1.8+(-0.4))/2,(-3.4+1.4)/2)M(x,y)=(1.8+(0.4)2,3.4+1.42)
M(x,y)=((1.4)/2,-2/2)M(x,y)=(1.42,22)
M(x,y)=(0.7,-1)M(x,y)=(0.7,1)