2003 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11
Problem
A line with slope intersects a line with slope at point . What is the distance between the -intercepts of these two lines?
Solution
Using the point-slope formula, the equation of each line is
Substitute in to find the -intercepts.
\[0=3x-15\longrightarrowx=5 0=5x-35\longrightarrowx=7\] (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
The difference between them is .
See Also
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