36. Exemplar Exercise Problem XV

Find the ratio in which the points $P \left( \frac{3} {4} , \frac{5} {12}  \right)$  divides the line segment joining the points $A \left( \frac{1}{2} , \frac{3} {2} \right)$ and $B (2, -5)$?

 

 

The point P divides the ratio :