To find midpoint between points $ A(x_1,y_1) $ and $ B(x_2,y_2) $, we use formula:

$$ M = \left( \frac{x_1 + x_2}{2}, \frac{y_1 + y_2}{2} \right) $$

In this example we have:

$$ \begin{aligned} & A \left(1,~-3\right) \implies x_1 = 1 ~~\text{and}~~ y_1 = -3 \\[1 em] & B \left(-2,~-9\right) \implies x_2 = -2 ~~\text{and}~~ y_2 = -9 \end{aligned} $$

After substituting into above formula, we get:

$$ \begin{aligned} M & \left( \frac{ 1 + \left( -2\right) }{2}, \frac{ -3 + \left( -9\right) }{2} \right) \\[1 em] M & \left( \frac{ -1 }{2}, \frac{ -12 }{2} \right) \\[1 em] M & \left(-\dfrac{ 1 }{ 2 },~-6\right) \end{aligned} $$

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