Question
State whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answer.
Point P(5, -3) is one of the two points of trisection of the line segment joining the points A(7, -2) and B(1, -5).

Answer

True:
Let points P divides the line AB in ratio K : 1 then
$\text{x}=\frac{\text{m}_1\text{x}_2+\text{m}_2\text{x}_1}{\text{m}_1+\text{m}_2}$ and $\text{y}=\frac{\text{m}_1\text{y}_2+\text{m}_2\text{y}_1}{\text{m}_1+\text{m}_2}$
$\Rightarrow\text{x}=\frac{\text{k+7}}{\text{k+1}}$   $\text{y}=\frac{\text{k}(-5)+1(-2)}{\text{k+1}}$
$\Rightarrow5=\frac{\text{k}+7}{\text{k}+1}$   $-3=\frac{-5\text{k}-2}{\text{k}+1}$
$\Rightarrow5\text{k}+5=\text{k}+7$   $-5\text{k}-2=-3\text{k}-3$
$\Rightarrow4\text{k}=7-5$   $-2\text{k}=-3+2$
$\Rightarrow\text{k}=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$   $\text{k}=\frac{-1}{-2}=\frac{1}{2}$
So, P divides AB in 1 : 2 ratio.
Hence, P is one point of trisection of AB.

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