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Please Help!!! Locate the point on the line segment between (3,−5)and (13,−15)given that the point is 4/5of the way from to . Show your work.

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Answer:

[tex]\boxed{P(\frac{67}{9},-\frac{85}{9})}[/tex]

Explanation:

Here we have the following points:

[tex]A(3,-5) \\ \\ B(13,-15)[/tex]

So we want to know the point [tex]P[/tex] which is 4/5 of the way from A to B. So we can calculate this point as follows:

[tex]P( \frac {mx_{\,2} + nx_{\,1} }{m + n},\frac {my_{\,2} + ny_{\,1} }{m + n} )[/tex]

Where:

[tex]m:n=4:5 \\ \\ (x_{1},y_{1})=(3,-5) \\ \\ (x_{2},y_{2})=(13,-15) \\ \\ \\ Then: \\ \\ P( \frac {4(13) + 5(3)}{4+5},\frac {4(-15) + 5(-5) }{4+5} ) \\ \\ \boxed{P(\frac{67}{9},-\frac{85}{9})}[/tex]