SOLUTION: please do help me,,,, A line passes through (-2,3) and the segment of the line intercepted between the axes is of length 5 square root of 2. Find a. the equation of the line b.t

Question 940825: please do help me,,,,
A line passes through (-2,3) and the segment of the line intercepted between the axes is of length 5 square root of 2. Find
a. the equation of the line
b.the point of intersection between the line and the axes.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=mx+b
b=y-mx
b=3-m(-2)
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y-intercept is (0,3+2m).

Find x-intercept:

x-intercept is ( -3/m-2, 0 ).

Use the Distance Formula for the distance between those two points, and equate the expression to the expected .

Work through the arithmetic with that to solve for m; and then you can put the equation for the line together.
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