Answer:
B. A pair of intersecting lines
Step-by-step explanation:
The attached image can give you an idea of what you get when a plane perpendicular to the base of a cone intersects the vertex of the cone.
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In the problem statement here, we assume a double-napped cone with no defined base. That means the lines of intersection with the sides of the cone will meet at the vertex point and extend indefinitely in either direction.
The intersection is a pair of intersecting lines.
We determine line m as follows:
*First, by theorem we have the following:
Here m1 & m2 are the slopes of two perpendicular lines. For all lines that are perpendicular that is true, so we calculate the slope of line m using the slope of the function given [Which has a slope of 7/4]:
So, the slope of line m is -4/7. Now, using this slope and the point (-1, 4) we replace in the following expression:
Here x1, y1 & m1 are the x-component of the point, the y-component of the point, and the slope of the line respectively, so we replace and solve for y:
And that last function of y is the line m.