High School · Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.GPE.B.6

Find the point on a directed line segment between two given points that partitions the segment in a given ratio.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Partitioning a Segment in a Given Ratio

  How to find the point that divides a directed segment in a ratio such as 1:2, why the ratio becomes a fraction of the step from start to end, and why direction matters.