9. Philip has a bar of chocolate that he wants to share evenly with his three friends. The bar measures 14 cm in length. Use the division of a line segment construction to show where the bar should be divided to ensure all get the same amount of chocolate.
What is the length of each piece?
10. An 85 km stretch of canal has six locks evenly spaced along its length. There is a lock at the beginning and end of this stretch of canal.
(i) Use a scale diagram with a scale of your choosing and the division of a line segment construction to show the location of the locks.
(ii) What scale did you choose? Why did you pick this scale? (iii) What is the distance in km between each lock?
18.2 Proportionality theorems
By the end of this section you should be able to: ● understand and apply Theorem 11 ● understand and apply Theorem 12
Theorem (11): If three parallel lines cut off equal segments on some transversal line, then they will cut off equal segments on any other transversal
A B C D E F l m n
If l, m and n are parallel and |AB| = |BC| then |DE| = |EF|
Worked example 1 In the diagram shown, the three horizontal lines are parallel.
|AB| = |BC| = 6 cm, and | DE | = 9 cm Find the value of |EF| .