document.write( "Question 1150824: A line segment has one end point A(4, 3) and slope -5/3. Find the coordinates of another possible endpoint B. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #772323 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Start at (4,3). Move down 5 units and then move to the right 3 units to arrive at (7,-2). This is one possible location of point B if we use integer or whole number coordinates for x and y. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Repeat the action of \"move down 5, move to the right 3\" to go from (7,-2) to (10,-7) which is one more possible location for point B. This process can be repeated as many times as you like so there are infinitely many answers. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here is the graph to visually summarize whats going on \n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( "The point B could be at \n" ); document.write( "A single straight line goes through points A, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "side note: the slope is equal to the rise over the run, ie, \n" ); document.write( "slope = rise/run \n" ); document.write( "slope = -5/3 \n" ); document.write( "rise = -5 \n" ); document.write( "run = 3 \n" ); document.write( "The negative rise value tells us that we're moving downward as we move from left to right\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you can also think of rise and run as \n" ); document.write( "rise = change in y = change in vertical direction \n" ); document.write( "run = change in x = change in horizontal direction\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |