The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The area is 50 square inches. Find the

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Airida [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

The dimensions are 5 and 10 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The area is 50 square inches and the length is twice the width. 10 is the length, which is two times 5. 10 times 5 is 50.

The length is 10 and the width is 5.

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Slope intercept form of a line perpendicular to 3x + y = -8, and passing through (-3,1) is $y=\frac{1}{3} x+2$

Solution:

Need to write equation of line perpendicular to 3x+y = -8 and passes through the point (-3,1).

Generic slope intercept form of a line is given by y = mx + c

where m = slope of the line.

Let's first find slope intercept form of 3x + y = -8

3x + y = -8

=> y = -3x - 8

On comparing above slope intercept form of given equation with generic slope intercept form y = mx + c , we can say that for line 3x + y = -8 , slope m = -3

And as the line passing through (-3,1) and is perpendicular to 3x + y = -8, product of slopes of two line will be -1 as lies are perpendicular.

Let required slope = x

$\begin{array}{l}{=x \times-3=-1} \\\\ {=>x=\frac{-1}{-3}=\frac{1}{3}}\end{array}$

So we need to find the equation of a line whose slope is $\frac{1}{3}$ and passing through (-3,1)

Equation of line passing through $(x_1 , y_1)$ and having lope of m is given by

$\left(y-y_{1}\right)=\mathrm{m}\left(x-x_{1}\right)$

$\text { In our case } x_{1}=-3 \text { and } y_{1}=1 \text { and } \mathrm{m}=\frac{1}{3}$

Substituting the values we get,

$\begin{array}{l}{(\mathrm{y}-1)=\frac{1}{3}(\mathrm{x}-(-3))} \\\\ {=>\mathrm{y}-1=\frac{1}{3} \mathrm{x}+1} \\\\ {=>\mathrm{y}=\frac{1}{3} \mathrm{x}+2}\end{array}$