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 October 11th, 2018, 12:50 AM #1 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2018 From: Nigeria Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Vector algebra the segment bounded by points A (-1, 8, -3) and in (9, -7, -2) is divided by points M1, M2, M3, M4 into five equal parts. find the coordinates of points M1 and M3. Last edited by skipjack; October 11th, 2018 at 06:05 AM. Reason: to change "." to ", "
 October 11th, 2018, 03:11 AM #2 Senior Member     Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 706 Thanks: 140 As written, it cannot be done.
 October 11th, 2018, 03:30 AM #3 Senior Member     Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 706 Thanks: 140 However, if I make one change and make one assumption, then I get $\displaystyle M_1=(1,5,-2.8)$ and $\displaystyle M_3=(5,-1,-2.4).$. On the other hand, you might actually mean what you wrote. P.S. to moderators: why isn't the latex parsing properly? Last edited by skipjack; October 11th, 2018 at 06:06 AM. Reason: to disable smilies in this post and correct typo
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 Originally Posted by mrtwhs However, if I make one change and make one assumption, then I get $\displaystyle M_1=(1,5,-2.8)$ and $\displaystyle M_3=(5,-1,-2.4).$. On the other hand, you might actually mean what you wrote. P.S. to moderators: why isn't the latex parsing properly?
I got the same results you did with the question as written. What was the change that you needed to make?

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 October 12th, 2018, 12:22 PM #5 Senior Member     Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 706 Thanks: 140 Skipjack edited the problem. It originally had 1.5 which he changed to 1,5. So I assumed it was a comma. The other assumption I made was that the points were given in order starting with $\displaystyle M_1$ closest to $\displaystyle A$ and going toward the unnamed point.

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