Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

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

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Preparing to Do Analytic Proofs - Exercises - Page 472: 3b

Answer

$\frac{-b}{a}$

Work Step by Step

Given Points(a,0) and (0,b) if x1=a,y1=0,x2=0,y2=b Slope of the line segment is$\frac{y2-y1}{x2-x1}$ $\frac{b-0}{0-a}$ = $\frac{-b}{a}$
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