The students in Mr. T's classes wrote down the number of minutes they spent doing chores at home over a one week period:

Work out the gradient of the line joining the points (2, 3) and (5,7)

Debora [2.8K]

Answer:

The gradient of the line joining the points $P(x,y) = (2,3)$ and $Q(x,y) = (5,7)$ is $\frac{4}{3}$ .

Step-by-step explanation:

The gradient of the line joining two distinct point on a plane is represented by the slope of a secant line ( $m_{PQ}$ ), that is:

$m_{PQ} = \frac{y_{Q}-y_{P}}{x_{Q}-x_{P}}$ (1)

If we know that $P(x,y) = (2,3)$ and $Q(x,y) = (5,7)$ , then the gradient of the line is:

$m_{PQ} = \frac{7-3}{5-2}$

$m_{PQ} = \frac{4}{3}$

The gradient of the line joining the points $P(x,y) = (2,3)$ and $Q(x,y) = (5,7)$ is $\frac{4}{3}$ .

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2 years ago

Rachel has a box in the shape of a prism with a square base. The capacity of the box is 150 cubic inches. The height of the box

Alex777 [14]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

What do we know about that prism?

It's a rectangular prism with a square base.

Height: y (from question)

base length: x (from question)

base width: x (from question, since it's a square base).

Total volume: 150 cu inches

The question lacks a relationship between x and y the "is __ times", but we can see from the answer choices that they all show a constant relationship:

y = 1.5 x

The volume of a prism is obtained by multiplying the lengths of its 3 dimensions: V = length * width * height. In our case, we then have

150 = x * x * y

then we replace y by its x-expressed equivalent:

150 = x * x * (1.5x) = 1.5x³

then we isolate x³ by dividing each side by 1.5

x³ = 100, we do the cubic root on each side

x = 4.64

So, answer is D. x = 4.6 and y = 6.9

If you you 4.64 * 4.64 * 6.96 = you get 149.8, which is very close to 150.

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3 years ago

How do you know when a term is defined or undefined

lord [1]

In geometry, definitions are formed using known words or terms to describe a new word. There are three words in geometry that are not formally defined. These three undefined terms are point, line and plane.

POINT (an undefined term) 
In geometry, a point has no dimension (actual size). Even though we represent a point with a dot, the point has no length, width, or thickness. A point is usually named with a capital letter. In the coordinate plane, a point is named by an ordered pair, (x,y). 

LINE (an undefined term) 
In geometry, a line has no thickness but its length extends in one dimension and goes on forever in both directions. A line is depicted to be a straight line with two arrowheads indicating that the line extends without end in two directions. A line is named by a single lowercase written letter or by two points on the line with an arrow drawn above them. 

PLANE (an undefined term) 
In geometry, a plane has no thickness but extends indefinitely in all directions. Planes are usually represented by a shape that looks like a tabletop or wall. Even though the diagram of a plane has edges, you must remember that the plane has no boundaries. A plane is named by a single letter (plane m) or by three non-collinear points (plane ABC). 

Undefined terms can be combined to define other terms. Noncollinear points, for example, are points that do not lie on the same line. A line segment is the portion of a line that includes two particular points and all points that lie between them, while a ray is the portion of a line that includes a particular point, called the end point, and all points extending infinitely to one side of the end point. 

Defined terms can be combined with each other and with undefined terms to define still more terms. An angle, for example, is a combination of two different rays or line segments that share a single end point. Similarly, a triangle is composed of three noncollinear points and the line segments that lie between them. 

Everything else builds on these and adds more information to this base. Those added things include all the theorems and other "defined" terms like parallelogram or acute angle.

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2 years ago

What other information do you need in order to prove the triangles congruent using the SAS congruence postulate

iren [92.7K]

AC is perpendicular to BD.

<h3>Further explanation</h3>

We observe that both the ABC triangle and the ADC triangle have the same AC side length. Therefore we know that $\boxed{ \ \overline{AC} \cong \overline{AC} \ }$ is reflexive.
The length of the base of the triangle is the same, i.e., $\boxed{ \ \overline{BC} = \overline{CD} \ }$ .
In order to prove the triangles congruent using the SAS congruence postulate, we need the other information, namely $\boxed{ \ AC \bot BD \ }$ . Thus we get ∠ACB = ∠ACD = 90°.

Conclusions for the SAS Congruent Postulate from this problem:

$\boxed{ \ \overline{BC} = \overline{CD} \ }$
∠ACB = ∠ACD
$\boxed{ \ \overline{AC} = \overline{AC} \ }$

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The following is not other or additional information along with the reasons.

∠CBA = ∠CDA no, because that is AAS with ∠ACB = ∠ACD and $\boxed{ \ \overline{AC} \cong \overline{AC} \ }$
∠BAC = ∠DAC no, because that is ASA with $\boxed{ \ \overline{AC} \cong \overline{AC} \ }$ and ∠ACB = ∠ACD.
$\boxed{ \ \overline{BC} = \overline{CD} \ }$ no, because already marked.

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Notes

The SAS (Side-Angle-Side) postulate for the congruent triangles: two sides and the included angle of one triangle are congruent to two sides and the included angle of another triangle; the included angle properly represents the angle formed by two sides.
The ASA (Angle-Side-Angle) postulate for the congruent triangles: two angles and the included side of one triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of another triangle; the included side properly represents the side between the vertices of the two angles.
The SSS (Side-Side-Side) postulate for the congruent triangles: all three sides in one triangle are congruent to the corresponding sides within the other.
The AAS (Angle-Angle-Side) postulate for the congruent triangles: two pairs of corresponding angles and a pair of opposite sides are equal in both triangles.

<h3>Learn more</h3>

Which shows two triangles that are congruent by ASA? brainly.com/question/8876876
Which shows two triangles that are congruent by AAS brainly.com/question/3767125
About vertical and supplementary angles brainly.com/question/13096411

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What is 1,334 divided by 23? A) 53 B) 56 C) 57 D) 58 The answer is D 58

Sindrei [870]

D is the answer?
Hope it helped!

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