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Example Question #131 : Lines
Whast line goes through the points and ?
Let and
The slope is geven by: so
Then we use the slope-intercept form of an equation; so
And we convert
to standard form.
Example Question #21 : Coordinate Geometry
What is the equation of the line that passes through the points (4,7) and (8,10)?
In order to find the equation of the line, we will first need to find the slope between the two points through which it passes. The slope, , of a line that passes through the points and is given by the formula below:
We are given our two points, (4,7) and (8,10), allowing us to calculate the slope.
Next, we can use point slope form to find the equation of a line with this slope that passes through one of the given points. We will use (4,7).
Multiply both sides by four to eliminate the fraction, and simplify by distribution.
Subtract from both sides and add twelve to both sides.
This gives our final answer:
Example Question #21 : Psat Mathematics
Which line contains the following ordered pairs:
and
First, solve for slope.
Then, substitute one of the points into the equation y=mx+b.
This leaves us with the equation
Example Question #23 : Psat Mathematics
Refer to the above red line. What is its equation in standard form?
First, we need to find the slope of the above line.
The slope of a line. given two points can be calculated using the slope formula
Set :
Second, we note that the -intercept is the point .
Therefore, in the slope-intercept form of a line, we can set and :
Since we are looking for standard form - that is, - we do the following:
or
Example Question #23 : Geometry
Refer to the above red line. What is its equation in slope-intercept form?
First, we need to find the slope of the above line.
The slope of a line. given two points can be calculated using the slope formula
Set :
Second, we note that the -intercept is the point .
Therefore, in the slope-intercept form of a line, we can set and :
Example Question #26 : Psat Mathematics
Refer to the above red line. A line is drawn perpendicular to that line, and with the same -intercept. What is the equation of that line in slope-intercept form?
First, we need to find the slope of the above line.
The slope of a line. given two points can be calculated using the slope formula
Set :
The slope of a line perpendicular to it has as its slope the opposite of the reciprocal of 3, which is .
Since we want the line to have the same -intercept as the above line, which is the point , we can use the slope-intercept form to help us. We set
, and solve for in:
Substitute for and in the slope-intercept form, and the equation is
Example Question #23 : Coordinate Geometry
Find the equation of the line shown in the graph below:
y = x/2 + 4
y = 2x + 4
y = -1/2x - 4
y = -1/2x + 4
y = x/2 + 4
Based on the graph the y-intercept is 4. So we can eliminate choice y = x/2 - 4.
The graph is rising to the right which means our slope is positive, so we can eliminate choice y = -1/2x + 4.
Based on the line, if we start at (0,4) and go up 1 then 2 to the right we will be back on the line, meaning we have a slope of (1/2).
Using the slope intercept formula we can plug in y= (1/2)x + 4.
Example Question #24 : Psat Mathematics
In the xy -plane, line l is given by the equation 2x - 3y = 5. If line l passes through the point (a ,1), what is the value of a ?
The equation of line l relates x -values and y -values that lie along the line. The question is asking for the x -value of a point on the line whose y -value is 1, so we are looking for the x -value on the line when the y-value is 1. In the equation of the line, plug 1 in for y and solve for x:
2x - 3(1) = 5
2x - 3 = 5
2x = 8
x = 4. So the missing x-value on line l is 4.
Example Question #1 : Points And Distance Formula
The equation of a line is: 2x + 9y = 71
Which of these points is on that line?
(2,7)
(4,7)
(-4,7)
(4,-7)
(-2,7)
(4,7)
Test the difference combinations out starting with the most repeated number. In this case, y = 7 appears most often in the answers. Plug in y=7 and solve for x. If the answer does not appear on the list, solve for the next most common coordinate.
2(x) + 9(7) = 71
2x + 63 = 71
2x = 8
x = 4
Therefore the answer is (4, 7)
Example Question #23 : Psat Mathematics
Which of the following lines contains the point (8, 9)?
In order to find out which of these lines is correct, we simply plug in the values and into each equation and see if it balances.
The only one for which this will work is
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