Question 462831
Treat the points as mass points. To find the point 7/8 of the way from A to B (with B being the closer point), we treat B as a point having a greater mass. If we denote the unknown point C, we can say that C is the "center of mass" (this technique is similar to weighted average, or one involving torque in physics). Applying this technique,


C = (7(9,11) + 1(1,-5))/8 = (8,9)


It can also be found by taking the differences in the x- and y-coordinates (8 and 16), then scaling each one by 7/8 to get (8,9) as the coordinates(luckily we get integer answers).