SOLUTION: Points A, B, C, and D are arranged in order on a line so that AB = 3BC and BC = 2CD. What fraction of AD is BD?

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Question 108188: Points A, B, C, and D are arranged in order on a line so that AB = 3BC and BC = 2CD. What fraction of AD is BD?
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Points A, B, C, and D are arranged in order on a line so that AB = 3BC and BC = 2CD. What fraction of AD is BD?
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Draw it Let CD = 1:
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A--------------6---------------B------2------C---1---D
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= =

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