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algebra senior
Problem
The line passes through the midpoint of and . Also, line is perpendicular to the line passing through and . What is the -coordinate of the point on whose -coordinate is ?
Solution
The midpoint of the points and is , so the line passes through . The slope of the line through and is . The line is perpendicular to this line, so its slope is the negative reciprocal of , which is .
We have the slope of the line and a point on the line, so we can find the equation of line in point-slope form: . Simplifying this gives . We want the value of when , so we plug in: .
We have the slope of the line and a point on the line, so we can find the equation of line in point-slope form: . Simplifying this gives . We want the value of when , so we plug in: .
Final answer
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