Find a number $2/5$ way up from $-3$ to $5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-12T10:55:05

The number is $0.2$ .

The gap between $-3$ and $5$ is $5-(-3)=5+3=8$ .

Hence from $-3$ to $5$ , it is $8$ units up.

If we have to find a number $2/5$ of the way up, it is $8×2/5=16/5=3.2$ units up.

Hence the number is $-3+3.2=0.2$ .

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