Question 577803
The length of the segment is the distance between the ends of the segment.
The distance between the ends of the segment is the difference in x coordinates, because the y coordinates are the same. It's
{{{3-(-1)=4}}}
That segment is divided into 1000 congruent segments of length
{{{4/1000=0.004}}}
As the points are labeled p1 through p999 from left to right, from (-1,0) to 3,0), the coordinates for p1 will be
(-1+0.004,0) or (-0.996,0)
The coordinates for p2 will be
(-1+2(0.004),0) or (-0.992,0) and so on.
In general the x-coordinate for pn would be
{{{-1+0.004n}}}
The y coordinate for all points in the segment is, of course, 0.
For p60, the x coordinate is
{{{-1+0.004*60=-1+0.24=-0.76}}}.
So, p60 is (-0.76,0).