SOLUTION: If the segment connecting (−6, −5) and (4, −3) is the diameter of the circle, what are the coordinates for the center?

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Question 698438: If the segment connecting (−6, −5) and (4, −3) is the diameter of the circle, what are the coordinates for the center?


Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Average the corresponding endpoints

X: (-6+4)/2 = -2/2 = -1

Y: (-5 + (-3) )/2 = -8/2 = -4

So the center is the point (-1, -4)