Aclassmate tells you, “finding the coordinates of a midpoint is easy. you just find the averages.” is there any truth to it? explain what you think your classmate means

Yes...there is truth to what ur classmate is saying.

first of all, to find the average of something, u add up all the numbers in ur data, and divide by how many numbers there are.

the midpoint formula : ((x1 + x2)/2 , (y1 + y2)/2)

so lets say ur points are (2,4) and (4,6)

so ur going to add ur x terms (2 + 4)then divide by 2 (because there are 2 numbers)...so ur basically taking the average of ur two x terms.
you do the same with the y terms.

midpoint is : ((2 + 4)/2 , (4 + 6)/2) = (6/2 , 10,2) = (3,5)