Question

I need help finding the location of x

Answer 1

Position of point X on the number line must be X = -27

Explanation:

Notice that there are 14 units between W and Y, since the absolute value of their difference is :

| -15-(-29) | = | -15 + 29 | = 14

Now let's write an equation that tells as what is the distance between W and X in terms of WY knowing that we want WX to be 1/7 of WY:

`WX=(1)/(7) \,*\, 14\\WX= 2`

This is telling us that the point X must be located two (2) units to the right of point W. That is W + 2 = -29 + 2 = -27

Position of point X on the number line must be X = -27