Hi :) anyone able to teach this? I don’t understand the question , thanks in advance!
1 answer:
a) 62.855m
We will need to use the Pythagorean Theorem here, as we know a and c, but not b. I have attached an image of a triangle sketch to set up the problem, which should hopefully help us to visualize this problem a bit better.
Pythagorean Theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
(19.8)^2 + b^2 = (65.9)^2
392.04 + b^2 = 4342.81
b^2 = 3950.77
b = 62.855 (rounded to 3 places)
b) m = 0.315
The gradient is also known as the slope. I've shown what the points would be in the image attached. Now that we know the value of b (x in the points in image), we can use points E and C to find the slope.
Point 1: (0,0)
Point 2: (62.855, 19.8)
m = (19.8 - 0) / (62.855 - 0)
m = 19.8 / 62.855
m = 0.315 (rounded to three places)
c) 17.485 degrees
The angle of inclination would be angle C. To find angle C, we will need to use an inverse trigonometry function. Any can be used since we know all of the side lengths, but I will show Sine here, opposite / hypotenuse.
sin(x) = 19.8 / 65.9
x = sin^-1 (19.8/65.9)
x = 17.485 degrees (rounded to 3 places)
Hope this helps!! :)
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That can be rewritten in the form
Where:
- m is the slope of the line
- b is the cut point
So, we have:
Where:
is the slope
is the cut point
Carlota has the following points:
(-1, 3) and (2, 9)
To know if the line passes through these points, we must replace them in the equation and the equality must be fulfilled. So:
Point (-1, 3):
Substituting:
It's false, equality is not met. The point (-1, 3) does not go through the line.
The equation written by Carlota is erroneous, the procedure to follow is:
Given and
, we find the slope:
We observe that the slope found by Carlota is the same. Let's see cut point "b". For this we substitute any of the points given in the equation:
Substituting (2,9) we have:
Thus, Carlota's error was at the cut-off point. The correct equation of the line that passes through the given points is
Answer:
The correct equation of the line that passes through the given points is
Carlota's mistake was at the cutoff point