A line passes through #(6 ,4 )# and #(9 ,2 )#. A second line passes through #(3 ,1 )#. What is one other point that the second line may pass through if it is parallel to the first line?
1 Answer
Jan 14, 2017
another point of the second line is:
Explanation:
A line parallel to another one has the same slope, then you can find the slope m of the first line by the following formula:
where
To find another point of the second line you can choose one coordinate and find the second, depending on the chosen one:
Then if you decide, for example, to choose
where(3;1) is the given point of the second line.
That's
Then another point of the second line is: