SOLUTION: On a number line, point A has coordinate -5 and point B has coordinate 1. Find the coordinate of each point described. Each point that is half as far from A as from B.
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: On a number line, point A has coordinate -5 and point B has coordinate 1. Find the coordinate of each point described. Each point that is half as far from A as from B. This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry
You can put this solution on YOUR website! On a number line, point A has coordinate -5 and point B has coordinate 1. Find the coordinate of each point described.
Each point that is half as far from A as from B.
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Let the point be "C".
Let the distance from A to C be "x".
Then the distance from C to B is "2x".
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The distance from A to B is 1-(-5) = 6
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Equation:
x + 2x = 6
3x = 6
x = 2 (distance from A to C)
2x = 4 (distance from C to B
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Coordinate of C: -5+2 = -3
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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