Precalculus Examples

$(1, 5)$ , $(- 7, 6)$

Step 1

Use the midpoint formula to find the midpoint of the line segment.

$(\frac{x_{1} + x_{2}}{2}, \frac{y_{1} + y_{2}}{2})$

Step 2

Substitute in the values for $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ .

$(\frac{1 - 7}{2}, \frac{5 + 6}{2})$

Step 3

Subtract $7$ from $1$ .

$(\frac{- 6}{2}, \frac{5 + 6}{2})$

Step 4

Divide $- 6$ by $2$ .

$(- 3, \frac{5 + 6}{2})$

Step 5

Add $5$ and $6$ .

$(- 3, \frac{11}{2})$

Step 6