Question

Philip departed from town A with coordinates (1,6) towards town B with coordinates (7 ,6). At the same time Bruce headed from town B to town A. What are the coordinates of Point C where they will meet if the ration of Phillip's to Bruce's rates is 7:5 respectively ?

Answer 1

if there was no ratio they were in the middle (4,6)

but in this case we must multiply by the ratio

so

`4*(7)/(5)=(28)/(5)\approx5.6`

so the C point is

`(5.6,6)`