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In the figure above, triangle ABC lies in the coordinate plane (not pictured). What is the slope of line segment AC?

(1) The slope of line segment BC is -5
(2) The slope of line segment BA is 1.1

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ans B..
1) statement one tells us slope of hyp, but slope of base and perpendicular will depend on the angles on two ends of hyp..
2) statement two tells us slope of base, through which slope of perpendicular can be found... sufficient
slope of perpendiculars is m and -1/m.. and of parallel lines is m and m...
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Straight B

Property - Product of slopes of 2 perpendicular lines = -1
Hence we can find slope of AC
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In the figure above, triangle ABC lies in the coordinate plane (not pictured). What is the slope of line segment AC?

(1) The slope of line segment BC is -5
(2) The slope of line segment BA is 1.1

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Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Statement 1. Knowing the slope of a hypotenuse does not give us the slope of either leg.Consequently, statement 1 is insufficient.

Statement 2. The slope of a line is equal to the negative reciprocal of any line that is perpendicular to it.

Therefore, the slope of AC is −1/1.1 = −10/11.

Accordingly, statement 2 is sufficient, and the correct answer is B.
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Unless there is some property I do not know about, I imagine the only way to solve is problem is to test values.
However, without knowing the length of BA and BC, I don't see how we could test values for (x,y).

The correct answer is E.
If two lines are perpendicular, slope of two lines being m1 and m2 respectively;
m1 * m2 = -1
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