a. because to divide 6 1/4 and 3 you need to make the improper fraction a mixed number so the equation is 25/4 / 3/1 then you get the recipricol of 3 witch is 1/3 then you multiply 1/3 x 25/4 whitch is 25/12=2 1/12
The point that divides the segment into the ratio a:b is the weighted average of the endpoints, with the weights being "b" and "a". The weight of the first end point corresponds to the length of the far end of the segment.
The easiest way I know is to multiply the divisor by different numbers to see how many times it will go into the dividend. multiplying 486 by 2 or three and seeing which one gets closest.
