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how to find the midpoint of a line on a graph

 Jan 19, 2015

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Technically, a line doesn't have a midpoint, since its length is infinite....

But, if you're talking about a segment, we just add the x coordinates of the endpoints and divide this by 2, and then do the same with the y coordinates of the endpoints, thusly:

midpoint of a segment = ( [ x1 + x2 ] /2, [y1 + y2] / 2 )   ......where (x1, y1), (x2, y2) are the segment endpoints

 

 Jan 19, 2015
 #1
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Best Answer

Technically, a line doesn't have a midpoint, since its length is infinite....

But, if you're talking about a segment, we just add the x coordinates of the endpoints and divide this by 2, and then do the same with the y coordinates of the endpoints, thusly:

midpoint of a segment = ( [ x1 + x2 ] /2, [y1 + y2] / 2 )   ......where (x1, y1), (x2, y2) are the segment endpoints

 

CPhill Jan 19, 2015

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