What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (-5, -6) and is
1 answer:
Answer: y= 2x +4
Step-by-step explanation:
1. To be able to write the equation of the line, you want to be able to find the slope first. To do so, rearrange the given equation x+2y=2 into slope-intercept form, which is y=mx+b
First subtract x from both side, which will give us 2y=2-x. Rearrange this to get 2y= -x+2. Then, divide both sides by 2. This will give us y= -1/2x+1
2. Now that you have the equation, look for the slope in the new equation; this will be the m value. In this case, the slope is -1/2. Since we are looking for a line that is perpendicular, we have to change the slope so that it is the opposite reciprocal. The opposite reciprocal of -1/2 is 2, so the slope of the equation we want to find is 2.
3. Next, all we have to do is plug the given ordered pair (-5, -6) and the slope that we found (m=2) into the point-slope equation, which is
That will give us:
y+6 = 2(x+5)
4. Now, solve this equation.
y+6 = 2(x+5) --> distribute the 2 inside the parentheses
y+6 = 2x + 10 --> subtract 6 from both sides
y= 2x +4
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The area of the figure is 40 units. (rounded off from 39.998 units)
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Area of the figure = Area of Rectangle + Area of Parallelogram.
2. Naming points:
Let the rectangle consist of points A(-6,-1), B(-5,-5), C(3,-3) and D(2,1).
Let the parallelogram consist of points C(3,-3), D(2,1), E(2,7) and F(3,3).
3. Each coordinate has a point on the x-axis and a point on the y-axis. We shall refer to these points as x', x'' ,x''' and so on corresponding to the x-axis values of A, B, C and so on in that order till F. For the y-axis points, we will name them in the series of y', y'', y''' and so on.
In simple words, in A(-6,1), x' = -6; y' = -1
4. Formula for finding area:
Area of a rectangle = length (l) × width (w)
Area of a parallelogram = base (b) x height (h)
5. Finding area of the rectangle:
l = AD =
, i.e. AD =
, i.e. AD = √68 = 8.246 (rounded to 3 decimals) = l
Now, w = AB =
, i.e. AB =
, i.e. AB = √17 = 4.123 (rounded to 3 decimals) = w
Area of rectangle = l x w = 8.246 x 4.123 = 33.998 units.
6. Finding area of the parallelogram:
b = DE = 6 units (we can observe this from the graph, i.e. points from 1 to 7 on the y axis)
h = Height is the line drawn perpendicular to the base from point F, which as we can see is 1 unit long.
Hence, Area of parallelogram = b x h = 6 x 1 = 6 units.
7. Now, adding both, we can arrive at the final answer.
Area of the figure = Area of rectangle + Area of parallelogram,
i.e. 33.998 units + 6 units = 39.998 units. (can be rounded off to 40 units)