Question

Find the midpoint of the segment between the points (17,−11) and (−14,−16)

A. (−3,27)
B. (3,−27)
C. (312,52)
D. (32,−272)

Answer 1

`~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ (\stackrel{x_1}{17}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{-11})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-14}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-16}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left(\cfrac{ -14 +17}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ -16 -11}{2} \right) \implies \left(\cfrac{ 3 }{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ -27 }{2} \right)`