By: Winnie W.

Poli
Teacher III, Math dept.
MNHS
DIVISION OF LINE SEGMENT
Internal Division
The point of division is on
the line segment
External Division
The point of division lies on
the extension
Division of line Segment
From similar triangles, we can find the x
coordinate of P as follows:

1 2
1
2 1
1
x x
x x
P P
P P

1 2
1
x x
x x
r

) (
1 2 1
x x r x x
Division of Line segment Formula
1 2
1
2 1
1
y y
y y
P P
P P

1 2
1
y y
y y
r

) (
1 2 1
y y r y y
Division of Line segment Formula
Division of Line segment Formula
The points P
1
(-4,3) & P
2
(2,7)
determine a line segment.
Find:

a. The coordinates of the
midpoint of the segment.
Problem 1
b.) The coordinates of the trisection point nearer P
2
.
Problem 1
A point P is on the line
passing through A (-2, 5)
and B (4, 1). Find
a. The coordinates of P if it is
twice as far from A as from B
Problem 2
A point P is on the line passing through A (-2, 5)
and B (4, 1). Find the coordinates of P if it is
thrice times as far from B as from A.
Problem 3
Find the coordinates of the point which is two
thirds of the way from (3, 2) to (-3, 5).
Problem 4
Find the coordinates of the point which is two
fifths of the way from (3, 2) to (-3, 5).
Problem 5
Find the coordinates of the centroid of the
triangle whose vertices are A(2, -4), B(8, 4) and
C (0, 6)
Problem 6
Find the coordinates of
the point which divides
the line segment
connecting (-1, 4) and
(2, -3) into two parts
which have the ratio
3/2.
Problem 7
The line segment
joining A(1, 3) and B(-2,
-1) is extended through
each end by a distance
equal to its original
length. Find the
coordinates of the new
endpoints.
Problem 8
Find the coordinates of
P if it divides the line
segment through a(1, -
5) and B(7, -2) so that
AP : PB = 3: 5
Problem 9
The segment joining (-
4, 7) and (5, -2) is
divided into two
segments, one of which
is five times as long as
the other. Find the point
of division.
Problem 10
The segment joining (2,
-4) and (9, 3) is divided
into two segments, one
of which is three
fourths as long as the
other. Find the point of
division.
Problem 11
Three consecutive
vertices of a
parallelogram are (5,
1), (1, 3), (-5, -1). Find
the coordinates of the
fourth vertex.