Find the Midpoint (-8,7) and (0,1)

$(- 8, 7)$ and $(0, 1)$

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

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

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

$(\frac{- 8 + 0}{2}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Cancel the common factor of $- 8 + 0$ and $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot - 4 + 0}{2}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Factor $2$ out of $0$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot - 4 + 2 \cdot 0}{2}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot - 4 + 2 \cdot 0$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 4 + 0)}{2}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 4 + 0)}{2 (1)}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Cancel the common factor.

$(\frac{2 \cdot (- 4 + 0)}{2 \cdot 1}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$(\frac{- 4 + 0}{1}, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Divide $- 4 + 0$ by $1$ .

$(- 4 + 0, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Add $- 4$ and $0$ .

$(- 4, \frac{7 + 1}{2})$

Add $7$ and $1$ .

$(- 4, \frac{8}{2})$

Divide $8$ by $2$ .

$(- 4, 4)$