C is the midpoint of segment AE. The coordinates of C are (3, 8). The coordinates of E are (-5, 11). Find the coordinates of A.
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Answer:
The third choice is the one you want
Step-by-step explanation:
If we are to write the equation of a line perpendicular to WX, we first must determine what the slope of the WX is, because the line perpendicular to WX has a slope that is the flip of the slope of WX with the opposite sign. Solving for y takes care of finding the slope of WX:
2x + y = -5 so
y = -2x - 5
The slope is -2. That means that the reciprocal slope is 1/2. Using that slope along with the coordinates x = -1 and y = -2, we first write the line using point-slope form and then solve it for y. Start by filling in the m, the x value and the y value:
Getting rid of the double negatives gives us:
Distributing then gives us:
And finally solving for y (I am going to express the 2 on the left as 4/2 when I move it by subtraction in order to add those fractions):
And the final equation in slope-intercept form is:
<h3>Answer: Choice B</h3>
The set notation includes all values from -5 to 0, but the domain only includes the integer values
eg: something like -1.2 is in the second set, but it is not in the set {-5,-4,-3,-2,-1}
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Further explanation:
Let's go through the answer choices one by one
- A. This is false because 0 does not come before -5, but instead -5 is listed first. The order -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0 is correct meaning that
is the correct order as well.
- B. This is true. A value like x = -1.2 is in the set
since -1.2 is between -5 and 0; but -1.2 is not in the set {-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0}. So the distinction is that we're either considering integers only or all real numbers in this interval. To ensure that we only look at integers, the student would have to write
. The portion
means "x is in the set of integers". The Z refers to the German word Zahlen, which translates to "numbers".
- C. This is false. The student used the correct inequality signs to indicate x is -5 or larger and also 0 or smaller; basically x is between -5 and 0 inclusive of both endpoints. The "or equal to" portions indicate we are keeping the endpoints and not excluding them.
- D. This is false. Writing
would not make any sense. This is because that compound inequality breaks down into
. Try to think of a number that is both smaller than -5 AND also larger than 0. It can't be done. No such number exists.