Question

What is the location of point g, which partitions the directed line segment from f to d into an 8: 5 ratio?
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Answer 1

The distance between f and d is 13
9 + 4 = 13

And they want us to split it into a ratio of 8:5

So that means from f to this point g, would be 8/13 of the total fd line
We get 13 here because 8+5 = 13

That means we don't even need to do any extra math to calculate anything because our line is also 13 units long!!!

So just count 8 spaces down from f towards d, and that will be our point g

Answer 2

Does that make sense?