document.write( "Question 1176117: Please help with this equation. Line R and B have the same x-intercept and line B passes through the point(3,3) Find the equation of line B if the equation of line R is x+2y-1=0(X-Intercept is found when y=0) \n" ); document.write( "
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Line R
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B2y-1=0\"....in slope intercept form will be
\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=-x%2B1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%281%2F2%29x%2B1%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " line B
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=mx%2Bb\"......given that line B
\n" ); document.write( " have the same x-intercept as line R
\n" ); document.write( "so find x-intercept
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=-%281%2F2%29x%2B1%2F2\"..........set \"y=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0=-%281%2F2%29x%2B1%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2F2%29x=1%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=%281%2F2%29%2F%281%2F2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the x-intercept is at the point(\"1\",\"0\")\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since also given that line B passes through the point(\"3\",\"3\"), we will use these two points to find a slope\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=%283-0%29%2F%283-1%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"m=3%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so far equation of the line B is\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%283%2F2%29x%2Bb\"...........use one point to calculate \"b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3=%283%2F2%293%2Bb\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3=9%2F2%2Bb\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3-9%2F2=b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2F2-9%2F2=b\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b=-3%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "equation of the line B is\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%283%2F2%29x-3%2F2\"\r
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