Question #9cca2

1 Answer
May 2, 2017

"The point that we are looking for is D(4,1)."

Explanation:

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"1-draw the points A(1,2) and B(3,4)"
"2-draw a line segment AB"
"3-find midpoint of the line segment AB"
C(x,y)=((1+3)/2,(2+4)/2)" , "C(2,3)

"4-draw a line(black and dotted) passing C(2,3) and"
"perpendicular to the line segment AB"

"since the slope of the AB is 1,the slope of the black line is -1"
"we can find out the equation of black dotted line."
y-3=-1(x-2)
y=-1(x-2)+3
y=-x+2+3
y=-x+5
x+y=5

"now we have two equation."

2x-3y=5" "(1)
x+y=5" "(2)

"let us expand the equation (2) by 3"

3(x+y)=3*5
3x+3y=15" "(3)

"let us sum (1) and (3)"

2x-cancel(3y)+3x+cancel(3y)=5+15

5x=20

x=20/5=4

"now use (1) or (2)"

x+y=5

4+y=5

y=5-4

y=1