Mathematics GCSE
Ratios on a line
What Ratios on a line means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ratios on a line
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A point dividing a line in a given ratio, where the fractions of the whole line are taken from the total of the ratio, not one part over another.
Topics that use Ratios on a line
- Geometry and measures - Vectors (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- column vector notation
- Parallel and collinear vectors
- resultant vectors
- scalar multiplication
- translation on a grid
- Vector arithmetic (diagrammatic and column)
- column vector arithmetic
- diagrammatic representation
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