Given:
Consider a point d divides line segment ab of length 10 centimetre internally in the ratio 2:3.
To find:
The length of ad.
Solution:
If a point d divides line segment ab internally in the ratio 2:3, then the length of ad and db are 2x and 3x receptively.
We know that,
Length of the segment ab is 10 cm.
Divide both sides by 5.
Now,
Therefore, the length of segment ad is 4 centimetres.