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the Endpoints of a Segment Are Given.Calculate the Indicated Point for Each Segment. Determine the Point That Is (1)/(3) the Distance

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the endpoints of a segment are given.Calculate the indicated point for each segment. Determine the point that is (1)/(3) the distance from the endpoint (6,24) of the segment with endpoints (-9,-18) and (6,24) Answer format: (45,3.5) Convert fractions to decimals.

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To find the point that is the distance from the endpoint of the segment with endpoints and , we can use the formula for finding a point that divides a line segment in a given ratio.The formula for finding a point that divides a line segment in the ratio is: In this case, we want to find the point that divides the line segment in the ratio , since we want to find the point that is the distance from the endpoint .Let's plug in the values into the formula: Simplifying the expression, we get: Therefore, the point that is the distance from the endpoint of the segment with endpoints and is .