Question

What is the midpoint of the segment below? (2,3) (-3,2)

A.(2.5,2.5)
B.(-0.5,0.5)
C.(5,5)
D.(0,0)

Answer 1

`\bf ~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ (\stackrel{x_1}{2}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{3})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-3}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-2}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left( \cfrac{-3+2}{2}~~,~~\cfrac{-2+3}{2} \right)\implies \left( (-1)/(2)~,~(1)/(2) \right)`

Answer 2

Did you copy the choices down correctly? Because the answer should be (-0.5, 2.5) and that’s not any of the choices.

You get (-0.5, 2.5) by using the midpoint formula ...

(first x + second x / 2 , first y + second y /2)