Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281159
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-115-6

Chapter 6 - Polygons and Quadrilaterals - 6-8 Applying Coordinate Geometry - Practice and Problem-Solving Exercises - Page 412: 48

Answer

$y - 5 = \frac{5}{4}(x - 4)$

Work Step by Step

We are given the points $(0, 0)$ and $(4, 5)$. Let's use the formula to find the slope $m$ given two points: $m = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}$, where $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ are two points on the line. Let's plug in these values into this formula: $m = \frac{5 - 0}{4 - 0}$ Subtract the numerator and denominator to simplify: $m = \frac{5}{4}$ Now that we have the slope, we can use one of the points and plug these values into the point-slope equation, which is given by the formula: $y - y_1 = m(x - x_1)$, where $m$ is the slope and $(x_1, y_1)$ is a point on the line. Let's plug in the points and slope into the formula: $y - 5 = \frac{5}{4}(x - 4)$
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