Find the Midpoint (-2,-8) , (2,-3)

$(- 2, - 8)$ , $(2, - 3)$

Step 1

Use the midpoint formula to find the midpoint of the line segment.

$(\frac{x_{1} + x_{2}}{2}, \frac{y_{1} + y_{2}}{2})$

Step 2

Substitute in the values for $(x_{1}, y_{1})$ and $(x_{2}, y_{2})$ .

$(\frac{- 2 + 2}{2}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Step 3

Cancel the common factor of $- 2 + 2$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 2$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot - 1 + 2}{2}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot - 1 + 2 \cdot 1}{2}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot - 1 + 2 \cdot 1$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 1 + 1)}{2}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 1 + 1)}{2 (1)}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Cancel the common factor.

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 1 + 1)}{2 \cdot 1}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$(\frac{- 1 + 1}{1}, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Divide $- 1 + 1$ by $1$ .

$(- 1 + 1, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Step 4

Add $- 1$ and $1$ .

$(0, \frac{- 8 - 3}{2})$

Step 5

Subtract $3$ from $- 8$ .

$(0, \frac{- 11}{2})$

Step 6

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$(0, - \frac{11}{2})$

Step 7