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The idea being, when you run a perpendicular line to the base, from the right-angle in a right-triangle, like in this case, what you end up with is, three similar triangles, a Large triangle containing the two smaller ones, a Medium triangle and a Small one, check the picture below.
since all three are similar, we can use the proportions on the corresponding sides, as you see in the picture, the base of the triangle then will just be x + y.
since all three are similar, we can use the proportions on the corresponding sides, as you see in the picture, the base of the triangle then will just be x + y.
Answer:
y = 4/3x - 4
Step-by-step explanation:
to find the equation of a line with 2 points, we use the slope formula which is:
we will use (6,4) as and we will use (-3,-8) as
. we plug this into the slope formula:
-8 - 4 = -12
-3 - 6 = -9
the slope is
but we can simplify this further by dividing the fraction by -3
-12 / -3 = 4
-9 / -3 = 3
the simplified version of the slope is
we can write this in slope-intercept form which is y =mx + b, with b being the y intercept and m being the slope
y = 4/3x + b <--- we need to solve for <em>b</em> in order to find the y intercept, so substitute x & y for a point on the line, we can use any point we are given, but for this example i will use (6,4)
4 = 4/3(6) + b < multiply 4/3 x 6
4 = 8 + b < subtract 8 from both sides
-4 = b
our y intercept would be (0,-4)
the equation looks like the following:
y = 4/3x - 4, which is our answer