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A point lies on AB¯¯¯¯¯ and is located 3/7 the distance from A to B. What are the coordinates of the point? (4,​ 3) (7,​ 3) (9,​ 3) (12,​ 3)

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Answer:

(4,3)

Explanation:

This doesn't even take any math really, just deductive reasoning :)

We know the line segment stretches from one to 15, meaning there are 14 points on the line as there is (1,2,3, etc.)

14/2 obviously equals 7, so just plug it in from there.

12 is too far up on the line to be less than half, so (12, 3) is wrong

^ this goes for (9, 3) as well

7 is literally the halfway marker, so there is no way it could be (7, 3)

Making the answer (4, 3) because not only is it the last one remaining but it makes the most sense, being less than one half of the segment

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