Find the Midpoint (-5,9) and (-2,7)

$(- 5, 9)$ and $(- 2, 7)$

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

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

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

$(\frac{- 5 - 2}{2}, \frac{9 + 7}{2})$

Subtract $2$ from $- 5$ .

$(\frac{- 7}{2}, \frac{9 + 7}{2})$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$(- \frac{7}{2}, \frac{9 + 7}{2})$

Add $9$ and $7$ .

$(- \frac{7}{2}, \frac{16}{2})$

Divide $16$ by $2$ .

$(- \frac{7}{2}, 8)$