Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 2 - Graphs and Functions - Summary Exercises on Graphs, Circles, Functions, and Equations - Exercises - Page 247: 4

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf\text{(a) }\sqrt{10}}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{(b) }(\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2},2\sqrt{2})}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{(c) }y=-2x+5\sqrt{2}}$

Work Step by Step

$\bf{(a)}$ distance between points $\bf{P(2\sqrt{2},\sqrt{2})}$ and $\bf{Q(\sqrt{2},3\sqrt{2})}$ Use the distance formula: $$d=\sqrt{(x_2−x_1)^2+(y_2−y_1)^2}$$ $d=\sqrt{(2\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2})^2+(\sqrt{2}-3\sqrt{2})^2}$ $d=\sqrt{((2-1)\sqrt{2})^2+((-3+1)\sqrt{2})^2}$ $d=\sqrt{(\sqrt{2})^2+(-2\sqrt{2})^2}$ $d=\sqrt{2+4(2)}$ $d=\sqrt{2+8}$ $d=\bf\color{blue}{\sqrt{10}}$ $\bf{(b)}$ midpoint between points $\bf{P(2\sqrt{2},\sqrt{2})}$ and $\bf{Q(\sqrt{2},3\sqrt{2})}$ Use the midpoint formula: $$m=(\frac{x_1+x_2}{2},\frac{y_1+y_2}{2})$$ $m=(\frac{2\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{2}}{2},\frac{\sqrt{2}+3\sqrt{2}}{2})$ $m=(\frac{(2+1)\sqrt{2}}{2},\frac{(3+1)\sqrt{2}}{2})$ $m=(\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2},\frac{4\sqrt{2}}{2})$ $m=\color{blue}{\bf{(\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2},2\sqrt{2})}}$ $\bf{(c)}$ equation for the line that passes through the points $\bf{P( 2\sqrt{2} , \sqrt{2} )}$ and $\bf{Q( \sqrt{2} , 3\sqrt{2} )}$ in slope intercept form Use point slope form, $y−y_1=m(x−x_1)$ where $\bf{m}$ = slope = $\frac{\Delta{y}}{\Delta{x}} =\frac{y_1−y_2}{x_1−x_2}$ $$y−y_1=\frac{y_1−y_2}{x_1−x_2}(x−x_1)$$ $y−\sqrt{2}=\frac{\sqrt{2}-3\sqrt{2}}{2\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2}}(x−2\sqrt{2})$ $y−\sqrt{2}=\frac{(-3+1)\sqrt{2}}{(2-1)\sqrt{2}}(x−2\sqrt{2})$ $y−\sqrt{2}=\frac{(-2)\sqrt{2}}{(1)\sqrt{2}}(x−2\sqrt{2})$ $y−\sqrt{2}=-2(x−2\sqrt{2})$ $y−\sqrt{2}=-2x+4\sqrt{2}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{y=-2x+5\sqrt{2} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{(a) }\sqrt{10}}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{(b) }(\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2},2\sqrt{2})}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{(c) }y=-2x+5\sqrt{2}}$
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