SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line parallel to the line 2x+3y=6 and passing at a distance {{{5sqrt(13)/13}}} from the point (-1,1)? Please I need your solution and graph! thank you so m
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Question 684155: Find the equation of the line parallel to the line 2x+3y=6 and passing at a distance from the point (-1,1)? Please I need your solution and graph! thank you so much... Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the equation of the line parallel to the line 2x+3y=6 and passing at a distance from the point (-1,1)? Please I need your solution and graph! thank you so much...
Here is the graph of the line 2x + 3y = 6 and the point (-1,1):
2x + 3y = 6
is equivalent to
2x + 3y - 6 = 0.
Every line parallel to the line
2x + 3y - 6 = 0
is of the form
2x + 3y + K = 0.
The distance from the point (p,q) to the line
Ax + By + C = 0 is given by the formula:
So since the distance from (-1,1) to the line 2x + 3y + K = 0
is to be , we have
Cross multiply and solve for K,
using the + we get K = 4 and using th - we get -6
For K = 4 the solution is
2x + 3y + 4 = 0
which has this graph (in green):
using K = -6. we have the solution
2x + 3y + (-6) = 0
2x + 3y - 6 = 0
Wow! That's the GIVEN LINE!!! As it turns out, the given line
was itself units from the point (-1,1).
However we wanted a line PARALLEL to 2x + 3y - 6 = 0, not that
line itself. So the only solution is
2x + 3y + 4 = 0
Edwin