Precalculus Examples

$(- 3, 8)$ , $(1, 5)$

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 $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ .

$(\frac{- 3 + 1}{2}, \frac{8 + 5}{2})$

Step 3

Add $- 3$ and $1$ .

$(\frac{- 2}{2}, \frac{8 + 5}{2})$

Step 4

Divide $- 2$ by $2$ .

$(- 1, \frac{8 + 5}{2})$

Step 5

Add $8$ and $5$ .

$(- 1, \frac{13}{2})$

Step 6