What is the ratio of the longer segment to the shorter segment, if a line 48 m long is divided by a point 12m from one end?
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Apr 3, 2015
If a 48 m line is divided into two segments by a point 12 m from one end
the two segment lengths are 12 m and 36 m
The ratio longer to shorter is
which may be written as
Normally you would be expected to reduce this to its smallest terms
or
