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On a number line, point O is at -7, and point P is at 8. Point N lies between points O and P. If the ratio of ON to NP is 4:8, where does point N
lie on the number line?
Point N is at
on the number line.

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Answer:

  N is at -2 on the number line

Step-by-step explanation:

The location of point N can be found by writing the segment lengths as a proportion.

  ON : NP = 4 : 8

  8(ON) = 4(NP) . . . . . . . . "cross multiply"

  2(N -O) = (P -N) . . . . . divide by 4, show lengths ON and NP

  2(N -(-7)) = 8 -N . . . . . use given values of O and P

  3N = -6 . . . . . . . . . . . add N-14 and simplify

  N = -2 . . . . . . . . . . divide by 3

Point N is at -2 on the number line.

Answer: N lies at -2 on the number line.

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