document.write( "Question 1065647: Using slopes, find the fourth vertex of a parallelogram if (7,-1),(-3,1) and (-5,5) are it's three consecutive vertices. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the slope of the line from (-3,1) to (-5,5).
\n" ); document.write( "Change in y is 4, change in x is -2.
\n" ); document.write( "So starting at (7,-1),
\n" ); document.write( "(7,-1)+(-2,4)=(5,3)
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\n" ); document.write( "Algebraically,
\n" ); document.write( "\"m%5B1%5D=%285-1%29%2F%28-5-%28-3%29%29=4%2F%28-2%29=-2\"
\n" ); document.write( "So then starting from (7,-1)
\n" ); document.write( "\"y-%28-1%29=-2%28x-7%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%2B1=-2x%2B14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5B1%5D=-2x%2B13\"
\n" ); document.write( "Next find the slope from (7,-1) to (-3,1),
\n" ); document.write( "\"m%5B2%5D=%281-%28-1%29%29%2F%28-3-7%29=2%2F-10=-1%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Starting from (-5,5),
\n" ); document.write( "\"y-5=-%281%2F5%29%28x%2B5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y-5=-x%2F5-1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%5B2%5D=-x%2F5%2B4\"
\n" ); document.write( "So now find the intersection of the two lines,
\n" ); document.write( "\"-2x%2B13=-x%2F5%2B4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-10x%2B65=-x%2B20\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-9x=-45\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-2%285%29%2B13\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "(5,3) as we already showed.
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