document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=853220>Question 853220</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The point B(1,2) is one tenth of the way from the point A(-3,4) to the point P(x,y). Find x and y. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #513953 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=513953\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=AB%2FAP=1%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"AB%2FAP=1%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Finding the equation for line AB will give also the line AP, because we want point P to also be on the line.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LINE AB, AP:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Applying point-slope form, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y-2=-%283%2F5%29%28x-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y-2=-%283%2F5%29%28x-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A general point on line AB or AP or BP, is the variable point, ordered pair (x, -(3/5)x+13/5).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can use the Distance Formula to complete the proportion shown at the top of this posting and it will be in ONE unknown variable, x.  It may give two solutions, and one of them will be the answer you want and the other will not be the answer you want.  You might like to try this process yourself, so I am not showing the rest of that process (yet). </SPAN>\n" );
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