Draw a rectangle with diagonal 5 in. Inside this rect. are 2 acute triangles of hypotenuse 5. Note that 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2; thus the width of the rect. is 3 and the length is 4, with the result that the hypo. is sqrt(3^2+4^2), as expected.
The equation of a line that passes through (x1,y1) and has a slope of m is
y-y1=m(x-x1)
find slope
slope between (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is
(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
given
(-3,2) and (2,1)
slope=(1-2)/(2-(-3))=(-1)/(2+5)=-1/5
pikc a point
if we pick (-3,2)
(x1,y1)
x1=-3
y1=2
y-2=-1/5(x-(-3))
y-2=-1/5(x+3)
that is D
