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 twice as far from A as from B.

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Question 648106: 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 twice as far from A as from B.
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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-5, ____, ____, 1

interval = (1 - (-5))/3 = 2

We want to find the number in the second blank.

finished number line: -5, -3, -1, 1