Question

A line segment is partitioned with a ratio 2:5, how many total parts has the segment been split into

A. 1

B. 2

C. 5

D. 7

Answer 1

7 parts

Explanation:

To get the answer to this, we only simply to know the number of times in which the division was made.

This means that the total ratio of the lines is 2 +5 = 7. Meaning we have 7 different divisions.

The first division carries 2/7 while the second division carrues 5/7