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# What is the area of the region enclosed by x>=2, y>=3,

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What is the area of the region enclosed by x>=2, y>=3, and y=-x+9?

Can you please explain me, what is the method to solve such kind of problems?
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19 May 2008, 07:11
On an X,Y grid, those values x>=2, y>=3 and Y=-x+9 are going to form a triangle. You would need to figure out where they intersect, the length of the base and height, multiple and divide by 2. Or maybe it will form a quadrilateral. You need to figure out the length of the sides, what shape it is and do the math to find the area. Plot the data on a grid to find the shape. I don't have time to go through to find an answer, but I believe this should help you out at least a little bit.

After going through the problem, it appears that it will indeed form a triangle. One line will be vertical at 3 on the x axis. The other will be horizontal at 2 on the y-axis. then the y = -x+9 is a diagonal line that crosses the Y axis at point +9 and then the slope is -1/1. So it goes down 1 for each 1 it goes right. This creates a triangle with coordinates of {3,2}, {3,6} and {7,2}. Because it's >= think of a shaded area above 2 and to the right of 3 and the hypotnuse is created by y=-x+9. So you have a shaded triangle. If the extension of the hypotnuse goes through +9 on the y-axis, that means that to cross y>=3 it will have to move 3 spaces to the right, and 3 down. So it if starts at +9, then goes down 3 for each 3 it goes right, the coordinates where it crosses x>=2 should be {3,6} (Y axis @ 9 - 3 =6). Then it continues down 1 and right 1 until it crosses x>=2. So if the coordinates of the point on the y-axis is {3,6}, then you take 6 - 2 to get 4 as the length of the left, vertical side of the triangle. We already know that the slope of the hypotnuse is -1/1. that creates two 45-degree angles where the line crosses x>=2 and y>=3 and these 2 lines create a 90 degree angle. We know this is a 1-1-sqrt{2} triangle. If one side is 4 then the area is 4*4*1/2 = 8.

Check me on this to see if I'm right. I'm 90% confident on this answer.

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What is the area of the region enclosed by x>=2, y>=3, and y=-x+9?

Can you please explain me, what is the method to solve such kind of problems?

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19 May 2008, 07:57
walker wrote:
1. x>=2, y>=3, Y=-x+9 means that triangle is right with two 45 angles.
2. Y=-x+9 intersects y=3 at x=6. the length of a leg is 6-2=4, therefore area=12*4^2=8

Walker could you please explain this? I am lost.
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19 May 2008, 08:55
I guess it is better to show a drawing
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19 May 2008, 08:59
hey walker, did you recognize the approach to the problem right away or did you substitute numbers and realized it half way through?
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19 May 2008, 09:06
When I did this problem, I realized it was a triangle from the beginning. They give you 3 lines, one is vert, one is horizontal, and one is a slope. That has to mean 3-sided (i.e., triangle) or they would have given you a 4th line. It's just a matter of finding one side and doing the math.
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19 May 2008, 09:30
gmatnub wrote:
hey walker, did you recognize the approach to the problem right away or did you substitute numbers and realized it half way through?

My thoughts I have posted above as they are in my mind. I recognized a right-triangle-problem right away.
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20 May 2008, 18:05
this is going to sound silly, but how do you know where y=-x+9 intersects the other lines ?
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20 May 2008, 18:55
It's not silly if you need to know. A line always has the same format with respect the x,y. It's y = (change in y) / (change in x) x + 9

Example: $$y = \frac{2}{5}x + 3$$

Since you are asking about where y = -x + 9 intersects the other lines you seem to already understand the basic structure of the format y = -x + 9 and what each part means.

the -x is the same as saying $$\frac{-1}{1}$$ so the change in y is -1 and the change in x is +1. So, from +9 on the Y-axes, we move -1 on the y-axis (or down) and +1 on the X-axis, or right. It doesn't matter if you do the X first, as long as you remember to look to the denominator for the change in X.

We know that if we move 1 down and 1 right, that's the same as a daigonal line. {Look at the picture in prior posts here}. In a $$1, 1, \sqrt{2}$$ triangle, we know that both sides are equal. Same thing with a $$\frac{-1}{1} or \frac{1}{1}$$ slope. If we start out at +9 on the Y-axis, when we have gone down 1, right 1 nine times, we will cross the X-axis, and that will cross at +9 on the X-axis. So that would create a big triangle with bases of 9 and hypotnuse of $$9sqrt{2}$$.

When x>=2 and y>=3, X>=2 creates a vertical line at +2 on the X-axis. So starting from the point of {0,9}, we subtract 1 from the y and add 1 to the x. We do this until we get to x = 2. Starting from the beginning {0,9}...{1,8}...{2,7}. We're at the line x>=2. Y>=3 is a horizontal line at +3 on the y-axis. The point where the 2 lines (x>=2 & y>=3) intersect is {2,3}. The difference in y coordinates gives the legth of one side. 7 - 3 = 4. Because we know anytime (change in y) = (Change in X) creates a 45 degree angle, we know that if one side is 4, the other side must be 4 aso. h * w * 1/2 = area of trianlge. 4 * 4 * 1/2 = 8.

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this is going to sound silly, but how do you know where y=-x+9 intersects the other lines ?

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