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Answer 1

AB and BC form a right angle at their point of intersection. This means AB is perpendicular to BC.

We are given the coordinates of points A and B, using which we can find the equation of the line for AB.

Slope of AB will be:

$m= \frac{-1-1}{14-2}=-1/6$

Using this slope and the point (2,1) we can write the equation for AB as:

$y-1= \frac{-1}{6}(x-2) \\ \\ y= -\frac{1}{6}x+ \frac{1}{3}+1 \\ \\ y=-\frac{1}{6}x+ \frac{4}{3}$

The above equation is in slope intercept form. Thus the y-intercept of AB is 4/3.

Slope of AB is -1/6, so slope of BC would be 6. Using the slope 6 and coordinates of the point B, we can write the equation of BC as:

y - 1 = 6(x - 2)
y = 6x - 12 + 1
y = 6x - 11

Point C lies on the line  y = 6x - 11. So if the y-coordinate of C is 13, we can write:

13 = 6x - 11
24 = 6x
x = 4

The x-coordinate of point C will be 4.

Therefore, the answers in correct order are:

4/3 ,  6,  -11,  4