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Documenting the Midpoint Formula for Regional Planning

An operations planner is writing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for determining the exact halfway location between two regional service centers on a grid map. The service centers are located at the coordinate endpoints (x1,y1)(x_1, y_1) and (x2,y2)(x_2, y_2).

To ensure new planners understand the mathematical foundation of this procedure, write a brief essay that addresses the following:

  1. State the algebraic formula used to find the midpoint MM between these two locations.
  2. Identify the mathematical relationship between each coordinate of the midpoint and the corresponding coordinates of the endpoints (specifically, what statistical measure does each coordinate represent?).
  3. Describe the basic arithmetic operations (such as addition, division) performed on the coordinates to calculate the midpoint coordinates.

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