SOLUTION: Points A and B divide CD into the ratio 3:5:6 . |CD|=56 and A is between C and B .find the length of each segment.

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Question 649405: Points A and B divide CD into the ratio 3:5:6 . |CD|=56 and A is between C and B .find the length of each segment.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To divide N into the ratio a:b:c, 

1.  The part corresponding to a is 
2.  The part corresponding to b is 
3.  The part corresponding to c is 

To divide 56 into the ratio 3:5:6, 

1.  The part corresponding to 3 is  =  = 12
2.  The part corresponding to 5 is  =  = 20
3.  The part corresponding to 6 is  =  = 24




Edwin
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