SOLUTION: 1. What integer is one-third of the distance from 4 to 2 on the number line? 2. What integer is three-fourths of the distance from 5 to 19 on the number line?

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Question 456450: 1. What integer is one-third of the distance from 4 to 2 on the number line?
2. What integer is three-fourths of the distance from 5 to 19 on the number line?
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, edjones:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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1. What integer is one-third of the distance from 4 to 2 on the number line?
Perhaps you mean -4 to 2 or 4 to -2

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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1)4-2=2
2 * 1/3 = 2/3
2 2/3 not an integer.
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19-5=14
14 * 3/4 = 21/2 = 10 1/2
5 + 10 1/2 = 15 1/2 not an integer.
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Ed