document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=595473>Question 595473</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider a line passing through the point (5,7) and having the slope m, m less than zero.  this line along with the x and y axes encloses a triangle in the first quadrant.  DeTermine the arae of that triangle in terms of m. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(Assume the bottom and left legs are the x- and y-axes respectively)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation of the line can be written in point-slope form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE y-7 = m(x-5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We wish to find the x- and y-intercepts. Therefore we set y to zero and solve for x, then set x to zero and solve for y. The x-intercept is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -\frac{7}{m} + 5\"> and the y-intercept is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -5m + 7\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply these two and divide by 2 to find the area. </SPAN>\n" );
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