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The conventional approach here would be to find the equation of the line. You can find the slope by subtracting the y coordinates of the two points, and then dividing by the difference in x coordinates:
m = (0 - 5)/(7 - 0) = -5/7
The y intercept of the line is 5, since (0,5) is on the line, so the equation of the line is
y = (-5/7)x + 5
If a point is on this line, then the equation above must be true if we plug in that point's coordinates. So we can now plug in each answer choice to see which works. If you plug in answer D (x = 14, y = -5), you get:
-5 = (-5/7)(14) + 5 -5 = -10 + 5 -5 = -5
so the equation is true, and D is on the line.
If you have a good conceptual understanding of slopes, you can bypass the calculations above. If a line travels from (0,5) to (7,0), it goes across 7 units and falls 5 units. So if we go across a further 7 units from the point (7,0), we must fall by a further 5 units. We'd then be at point (14,-5).
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23 Mar 2015, 15:14
we can from the start eliminate C and E, since the coordinate of y is clearly not divisible by 5. why 5? because the slope of the line is -(5/7)
thus we are left with A)(-14, 10) B)(-7, 5) D)(14, -5)
we can further eliminate B, since this point will give a numerator equal to 0 when trying to plug in and check whether the slope is the same.
10-15 seconds was needed to eliminate 3 answer choices. Now we are left with only 2. let's take A we know that the slope of the line is -5/7 we can then check: 10 -5 = 5 -14 - 0 = -14 we get a slope of -(5/14)
this is clearly not what we need.
just to make sure, let's plug in values of the second given point 10-0 = 10 -14 - 7 = -21
we then get -(10/21) we can then conclude that A is not the right answer.
The only answer choice left is D. which must be the right one.
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09 Apr 2016, 07:53
manalq8 wrote:
In the rectangular coordinate system, a line passes through the points (0,5) and (7,0). Which of the following points must the line also pass through? A)(-14, 10) B)(-7, 5) C)(12, -4) D)(14, -5) E)(21, -9)
can someone please suggest a strategy for this type of problems?
thanks alot
Hey
The first thing I always do is trying to draw this as fast and accurate as possible. When you draw the two points in a coordinate system, connect them with a line and extend the line, you clearly see what point could be on the line.
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