Answer:
How did you find the answer without doing the work?
Step-by-step explanation:
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The slope of any line perpendicular to the given line is 3
(3,4) and (-5,6) are "coordinate planes".
These appear in algebra and math when you're graphing. These coordinate planes consist of "x" and "y" (x,y). The x's (which are 3 and -5 in your situation) should be graphed accordingly using the x-axis and the y's (which are 4 and 6 in your situation) should be graph accordingly using the y-axis.
3x - 13 = 7(x + 2) - 4(x - 7)
3x - 13 = 7x + 14 - 4x + 28
3x - 13 = 3x + 42
3x = 3x + 55
0 = 55
0 ≠ 55
so…
answer: no solution
Find the slopes of the segments and then use the decimal form of the answer to figure out the shortest part of the triangle. ( p.s. the triangle is not drawn to scale, so you can't use the graph to determine the shortest part)
