document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152849>Question 1152849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find an equation of the straight line passing through the points with coordinates (4, −7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and (−6, 11), giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0,where a, b and c are<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The line crosses the x-axis at point A and the y-axis at point B and O is the origin.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Find the area of triangle AOB. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "and (−6, 11), giving your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0,where a, b and c are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "integers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The line crosses the x-axis at point A and the y-axis at point B and O is the origin.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Find the area of triangle AOB.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope =y2-y1/x2-x1        m=11+7/-6-4=18/-10=-9/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation of line <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+7=-9/5(x-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y+35=-9x+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+5y-1=0    point A on x axis (1/9,0)    point B on Y axis (0,1/5)  o point (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area of triangle AOB=1/2( basexalt)=1/2(1/45)=1/90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "area  =1/90 unit square \r<BR>\n" );
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