Question

What two numbers are located 5/8 of a unit from 1/6 on a number line?Show your work.

Answer 1

`(19)/(24)\text{ and }(-11)/(24)`

Step-by-step explanation

To find the two numbers that are located 5/8 of a unit from 1/6 on the number line, we have to first understand that for a number on a number line, there are numbers both ahead and behind the number.

So, the numbers that are 5/8 from 1/6 on the number line will be:

=> one number that is +5/8 from 1/6

=> one number that is -5/8 from 1/6

Therefore, the two numbers are:

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(6)\text{ + }(5)/(8)\text{ and }(1)/(6)\text{ - }(5)/(8) \\ \Rightarrow\text{ }(19)/(24)\text{ and }(-11)/(24) \end{gathered}`

Those are the two numbers.