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A line segment has endpoints at (3, 5) and (6, 1)
What is the x-coordinate of the midpoint?


Sagot :

[tex]~~~~~~~~~~~~\textit{middle point of 2 points } \\\\ (\stackrel{x_1}{3}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{5})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{6}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{1}) \qquad \left(\cfrac{ x_2 + x_1}{2}~~~ ,~~~ \cfrac{ y_2 + y_1}{2} \right) \\\\\\ \left( \cfrac{6+3}{2}~~,~~\cfrac{1+5}{2} \right)\implies \left( \cfrac{9}{2}~~,~~\cfrac{6}{2} \right)\implies \left(4\frac{1}{2}~~,~~3 \right)[/tex]