Description : Find the point of trisection of the line segment joining the points (1, 2) and (11, 9) ? -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Let P divide AB in the ratio k : 1. Then, co-ordinates of P are \(\bigg(rac{7k+4}{k+1},rac{7k+4}{k+1}\bigg)\)But P ≡ (-1, -1)∴ \(rac{7k+4}{k+1}\) = -1 ⇒ 7k + 4 = - k - 1 ⇒ 8k = - ... , it means that the division is external. ∴ AB is divided by P externally in the ratio \(rac{5}{8}\) : 1, i.e. 5 : 8.