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hahaWe are trying to find equation of form y=ax+b, where a is slope, and b is intercept, which passes through points (x1, y1) = (5, 5) and (x2, y2) = (2, 3). Slope a is Intercept is found from equation intercept b is y=(0.666666666666667)x + (1.66666666666667) Your graph: |
I'll show you two ways, an easy way and a harder way, though neither is hard: Here's the easiest way: x² + y² - 10x - 10y + 49 = 0 x² + y² - 4x - 6y + 9 = 0 ----------------------------- -6x - 4y + 40 = 0 or 3x + 2y - 20 = 0 Subtracting the two equations of a circle gives the equation of the radical axis of the two circles, which is perpendicular to the line through their centers. The slope of any line whose equation is Ax+By+C=0 has slope -A/B, so the radical axis has slope -3/2 and a line perpendicular to it has slope 2/3. As it turns out, only choice d has slope 2/3. So the answer is d. However I think your instructor would not accept this method although it is quite correct. Reason 1: There may have been more than one choice of equations of lines with slope 2/3, and you would not be able to determine which one it was. Reason 2: You may not have studied the radical axis of two circles. ---------------------------- The other way. We find the centers of the two circles and find the equation of the line through them. But there is an easy way to find the center of a circle whose equation is x² + y² + Dx + Ey + F = 0 The center is simply (h,k) =Therefore x² + y² - 10x - 10y + 49 = 0 has center (5,5) x² + y² - 4x - 6y + 9 = 0 has center (2,3) So the slope is And equation: y-3 = (x-2) 3y-9 = 2(x-2) 3y-9 = 2x-4 -2x+3y-5 = 0 2x-3y+5 = 0 Choice d. Edwin