Question

helpo?!
Use the image below to answer the question:

Answer 1

Point A, located at (-8, 3), is the location of the storage closet and point C, located at (12, -4), is the director's office. Find point B, the location of the art supplies, if it is 2/5 the distance from point A to point C.

Answer 2

@esshotwired help plz

Answer 3

Oh, my god. What kind of question is this? Sorry I couldn't help @luka1998 . I'll call the super heroes: @ganeshie8 @agent0smith

Answer 4

Who are offline. smh. Good luck, though. ;]

Answer 5

@phi help plz

Answer 6

@amistre64 help plz

Answer 7

A (-8, 3)
C (12, -4)

B is 2/5 the distance from A to C

I would find the x distance from A to C, and find 2/5 of that x distance
Then find the y distance from A to C, and find 2/5 of that y distance.

What is the x distance from A to C ?

Answer 8

@phi AC=-3 right ??

Answer 9

If you put your finger on point A, and count steps going to the right (straight across) until you are over point B, you see it is more than 3 steps. Also, if you go to the right, the steps are +.

Answer 10

If you put your finger on point A, and count steps going to the right (straight across) until you are over point C, you see it is more than 3 steps. Also, if you go to the right, the steps are +.

Answer 11

Are you saying you can't figure out how far apart -8 and 12 are ?

-8 to -7 is 1 step
-7 to -6 is 1 more step, or 2 steps from -8
and so on...

Answer 12

huh

Answer 13

Point A is at (-8,3)
Point C is at (12,-4)
they want to know where Point B is, if it is 2/5 of the distance from A to C

to answer, you need to find the distance from A to C
we do it in 2 steps:
find the distance along the x-direction (sideways)
and find the distance in the y-direction (down)

what is the distance from -8 to 12 ?

Answer 14

28

Answer 15

Here is how to find the distance between 2 numbers:
say you are at 1 and go to 2. (1 step)
we could do: 2-1= 1

if we were at 0 and go to 2 (2 steps), we figure the distance by doing 2-0 = 2

if we go from -8 to 12, we do 12 - -8 = ?
the - - turns into +
12 + 8 = ?

Answer 16

20

Answer 17

that means it takes 20 steps along the x-direction to get over point C
Point B is 2/5 of that distance.

what is 2/5 of 20 ?

Answer 18

8

Answer 19

yes. that means point B is 8 steps from point A in the plus x direction
A is at x=-12
what is the x coordinate of B? Any idea ?

Answer 20

I would add 8 to -12 to find the x coordinate of point B

Answer 21

-4

Answer 22

yes, so far we have B= (-4, y)

You do the same thing to find the y coordinate of B

find the distance in the y direction from point A to point C. In other words the distance from 3 to -4.

Can you do that ?

Answer 23

i dont think i can do it because i never took it in my school

Answer 24

use the rule: last number minus first number

3 to -4 , so do -4 - 3 = ?

Answer 25

-7

Answer 26

yes, the distance from 3 to -4 is -7
notice if you start at 3 and add -7: 3+ -7 = -4 you end up at -4

now you need 2/5 of -7
(we will get a fraction)

Answer 27

-2.8

Answer 28

btw, I noticed a mistake
point A is at (-8, 3)
we figured out we should add +8 to the x to get to point B
B's x is -8 + 8= 0

for some reason I used -12 for A's x and we got -4.

so B= (0, y)

now we need B's y.

we start at A's 3 and go down -2.8
3 - 2.8= 0.2

B is at (0,0.2) or (0,1/5)

Answer 29

so the answer will be (0,0.2)

Answer 30

yes

Answer 31

thx for the help