SkyeShadow525 SkyeShadow525

04-02-2019
Mathematics

contestada

Given the points A(-2, 1) and B(8, 6), find the coordinates of the point C on directed line segment AB, that partitions AB in the ration 2:3.

Respuesta :

sqdancefan sqdancefan

04-02-2019

Answer:

C = (2, 3)

Step-by-step explanation:

The point C is the weighted average of the coordinates of A and B. The weights are the reverse of the ratio numbers.

C = (3A + 2B)/5 = (3(-2, 1) +2(8, 6))/5 = (-6+16, 3+12)/5 = (10, 15)/5

C = (2, 3)

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

You can walk 1 1/2 miles in 12 hour. What is your average speed?

Step by step breakdown of 732,178+167-542,137

how do you estimate 52% of 10

Consider the decimal 0.101001000100001000001 do you think this decimal represents a rational number? Why or why not.

Why would a speaker use rhetoric? To tell a story To show similarities To effectively persuade To show differences

Disease spreads faster in agrarian societies than in hunter-gatherer societies. True False

is a kilogram a unit of measurement?

what is 899.16 divid150?

All objects that have mass attract each other because of the Law of A. Mass Attractions B. Attractiveness of Matter C. Universal Gravitation D. Electromagne

Which ordered pairs are solutions to the inequality y−4x≥−5 a) (-2,1) b) (4,0) c) (1,-1) d) (5,-2) e) (-4,2)