To find the area of a triangle, multiply the base by the height, and then divide by 2. The division by 2 comes from the fact that a parallelogram can be divided into 2 triangles. For example, in the diagram to the left, the area of each triangle is equal to one-half the area of the parallelogram.
Slope of the line = 
.
y-intercept of the line = -7.
Solution:
General form of equation of a line:
y = mx + c
where m is the slope and c is the y-intercept of the line.
Equation of a line:
To compare this with general equation.
Slope of the line = .
y-intercept of the line = -7.
D) Vertices: (1, -1), (-11, -1); Foci: (-15, -1), (5, -1)
The answer is: [D]: 2x + 22 .
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You are adding s^2 to your 128 ft^2. s^2 is a common representation of a square. So you could think of it as adding an area of a square of side "s" to your deck.
So one way of drawing it is to draw a rectangle with area 128 ft^2 and attaching a square to one of its side. The square that is attached has a side lenght of "s."
