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I need help with this!!!!

Options are,

A: 1/3

B: 3/1

C: 1/4

D: 2/4

I need help with this!!!! Options are, A: 1/3 B: 3/1 C: 1/4 D: 2/4-example-1
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Answer:

D: 2/4

Explanation:

Usually when we talk about a point partitioning a segment, we are interested in the ratio of the first segment to the second:

BC : CD = 2 : 2 = 1 : 1

Since this is not an answer choice, we need to "reverse engineer" the answer list to see if we can find an answer that corresponds to a reasonable interpretation of the question.

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None of the segments is 3 units long, so neither of answer choices A or B makes any sense.

While segment BD is 4 units long, there is no segment that is 1 unit long, so answer choice C makes no sense, either.

There are segments that are 2 units long and a segment that is 4 units long, so if we interpret the question to be "what is the ratio of BC to BD?" then answer choice D is appropriate.

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