SOLUTION: What is the midpoint of the segment joining (3, 5) and (-6, 11)?

Question 145218: What is the midpoint of the segment joining (3, 5) and (-6, 11)?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First add the x-coordinates together to get

Divide that result by 2

So the x-coordinate of the midpoint is

Now add the y-coordinates together to get

Divide that result by 2

So the y-coordinate of the midpoint is

So the midpoint between the points

and

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