document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=107345>Question 107345</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the coordinates of the midpoint of a segment with the pair of endpoints\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-7.-6). (-8.8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. (1/2, -7)    b. (-1,-16)  c. (-15/2,1)     d. (-13/2,0) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #78183 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=78183\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You were given the two points (-7,-6) and (-8,8) and were asked to find the coordinates of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the midpoint of the line joining these two points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The x value of the midpoint is found by averaging the x values of the two points. In other words<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add the two given x-values and divide by 2. The x value of the first point is -7 and the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-value of the second point is -8. Add these two values and you get -15. Then divide by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 and you get that the x-value of the midpoint is -15/2. This is enough to tell you that the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer is \"c\" because it is the only answer with -15/2 in the x-position. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But just to make sure that \"c\" is correct let's also average the y-values of the two points to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the y-value of the midpoint.  The y-value of the first point is -6 and the y-value of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the second point is +8. When you algebraically add -6 and +8 you get +2 and then divide by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to get +1. This tells you that the y-value of the midpoint is +1. That value is in the y-position<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of answer \"c\". Therefore, this helps to confirm that answer \"c\" is the correct answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The midpoint is located at (-15/2, +1).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand this problem.<BR>\n" );
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