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What is the position of B on the number line below?

Write your answer as a fraction or mixed number

What is the position of B on the number line below? Write your answer as a fraction-example-1

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Explanation:

B = 1 4/5

because 1 is completely to the left, and from the distance between 1 and 2 B is at the end of the 4th of 5 sub-segments.

and 1 4/5 would be also 9/5, because B includes the 5 sub-segments (of 5) between 0 and 1. and then the 4 of 5 sub-segments between 1 and 2. so that are 9 sub-segments in total.

and each sub-segment represents 1 out of 5 (= 1/5) parts of each number interval.

therefore, we have 9×1/5 = 9/5.