What is the midpoint of a segment in the complex plane with endpoints at 3 – 2i and 17 – 8i?

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asked Apr 21, 2018 135k views

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ValientProcess · Answer 1 · 2018-04-26T14:50:19+0000

In the complex plane, the two given points are represented by
(3,-2)

and

. The midpoint would then be

$\left(\frac{3+17}2,\frac{-2+(-8)}2\right)=(10,-5)$

which represents the complex number
10-5i

.