Question

What is the location of the point on the number line that is 2/5 of the way from A = -6 to B = 9

Answer 1

The distance between is =|9|+|-6|=15.
We can find that
$\frac{2}{5} \times 15 = 6$
So 2/5 of the AB segment is 6 distance points away from A at point C=0.