Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 10 - Review Exercises - Page 491: 26c

Answer

$1/4$

Work Step by Step

We use the equation for slope: $m = \frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$ $m_1 = \frac{3-1}{11-3}=\frac{1}{4}$ Parallel lines have the same slope, so the slope of the parallel line to AC is 1/4, which is the slope of AC.
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