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algebra senior
Problem
Let be complex numbers. A line in the complex plane is called a mean line for the points if contains points (complex numbers) such that For the numbers , , , , and , there is a unique mean line with -intercept . Find the slope of this mean line.
Solution
Let be the given mean line. Then, we must have so Since has -intercept , it passes through the complex number , so the points on can be described parametrically by , where is a fixed complex number and is a real parameter. Let for each . Then Setting , we have so . Thus the slope of is .
Final answer
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