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Question
Draw a line segment of length 7 cm. Find a point P on it which divides it in the ratio 3:5.
Solution
Steps of construction:
- Draw a line segment, AB = 7 cm.
- Draw a ray, AX, making an acute angle downward with AB.
- Mark the points A1, A2, A3 ... A8 on AX.
- Mark the points such that AA1 = A1A2 = A2A3 = ....., A7A8.
- Join BA8.
- Draw a line parallel to BA8 through the point A3, to meet AB on P.
Hence, AP : PB = 3 : 5
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