How do you determine the missing coordinate A (0, d), B(d, 0) if slope is 0?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

No solution is possible.

Explanation:

Two point coordinates: color(blue)(""(x_1,y_1)) and color(red)(""(x_2,y_2))
have a slope of color(magenta)0 if and only if color(blue)(y_1)=color(red)(y_2)

Given the points color(blue)(A: (0,d)) and color(red)(B: (d,0))
this means that color(blue)d=color(red)0
and since (presumably) color(red)d=color(blue)d
the given points are actually color(blue)(A: (0,0)) and color(red)(B: (0,0))

The given points are actually the same point.

In calculating the slope we would have
color(white)("XXX")"slope"=(color(red)(y_2)-color(blue)(y_1))/(color(red)(x_2)-color(blue)(x_1))=0/0 an undefined value;
and therefore it can not be equal to the stated value of color(magenta)0