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What are the coordinates of the point on the directed line segment from (-8,-6) to (-1,8) that partitions the segment into a ratio of 5 to 2?
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What are the coordinates of the point on the directed line segment from (-8,-6) to (-1,8) that partitions the segment into a ratio of 5 to 2?

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We have that the vector is


(-1--8,8--6)=(7,14)

so we have that the coordinates are


(-8,-6)+(5)/(7)(7,14)=(-8,-6)+(5,10)=(-3,4)

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