Question

Points A, B and C are collinear and in the order and AB=527 and AC=1024 find the length of BC

Answer 1

⇒Collinear points are points that lie on the same line.

⇒ That means that point A ,B and C are on the same line.

⇒Imagine having a straight horizontal line with points A , B and C all in order .

⇒With the length from A to B equal to 527 and the length from A to C equal to 1024

⇒The distance of the horizontal line is the length given from A to C which is 1024.

⇒That means that if we want to get the length BC it is the length left when we subtract the length AB from the length of the line AC.

`BC=AC-AB\\`

`BC=1024-524\\BC=500`

⇒The length of BC is 500