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Modern Analytic Geometry

William Wooton, Edwin F. Beckenbach, Frank J. Fleming

Chapter 1

Vectors in the Plane - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Cartesian Coordinates

00:12

Problem 1

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(x+3,5)=(-1,9+x)$

Amrita Bhasin
Amrita Bhasin
Numerade Educator
01:36

Problem 2

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(x-4,2)=(3, x-5)$

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Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
00:23

Problem 3

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(2 x-7, x+2)=(-5,3)$

Ali Soave
Ali Soave
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01:09

Problem 4

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(3 x+2,2 x-3)=(8,1)$

Ashley Volpe
Ashley Volpe
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00:46

Problem 5

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(x-2 y, 2 x+y)=(-1,3)$

Jake Zanazzi
Jake Zanazzi
Numerade Educator
01:40

Problem 6

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$(2 x+3 y, x+4 y)=(3,-1)$

Manisha Sarker
Manisha Sarker
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01:13

Problem 7

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$\left(x^2-2 x, x^2-x\right)=(3,6)$

Xiaomeng Zhang
Xiaomeng Zhang
Numerade Educator
02:26

Problem 8

find real-number values, if there are any, for which the equation is true. If no such real values exist, so state.
$\left(x^2+2 x, 2 x^2+3 x\right)=(-1,-1)$

AG
Ankit Gupta
Numerade Educator
01:36

Problem 9

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$\mathbf{S}(1,3), \mathbf{T}(-2,6)$

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
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01:36

Problem 10

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$S(1,-6), T(6,6)$

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
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01:36

Problem 11

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$S(\sqrt{2}, \sqrt{2}), T(-\sqrt{2},-\sqrt{2})$

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
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01:04

Problem 12

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$\mathbf{S}(\sqrt{3},-\sqrt{3}), \mathbf{T}(-\sqrt{3}, \sqrt{3})$

Yuva S
Yuva S
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01:36

Problem 13

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$S(4, \sqrt{3}), T(2,-1)$

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
Numerade Educator
01:36

Problem 14

find the distance between the given points $\mathbf{S}$ and $\mathbf{T}$. Express results in simplest radical form.
$\mathbf{S}(\sqrt{2},-\sqrt{3}), \mathbf{T}(1,2)$

Brandon Fox
Brandon Fox
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00:30

Problem 15

Show that the triangle with vertices at the points $\mathbf{R}(0,1), \mathbf{S}(8,-7)$, and $\mathbf{T}(1,-6)$ is isosceles.

Amrita Bhasin
Amrita Bhasin
Numerade Educator
00:30

Problem 16

Show that the points $\mathbf{R}(-4,4), \mathbf{S}(-2,-4)$, and $\mathbf{T}(6,-2)$ are the vertices of an isosceles triangle.

Amrita Bhasin
Amrita Bhasin
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05:42

Problem 17

Show that the point $\mathbf{Q}(1,-2)$ is equidistant from the points $\mathbf{R}(-11,3)$, $\mathbf{S}(6,10)$, and $\mathbf{T}(1,11)$.

Shafiq Rehman
Shafiq Rehman
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06:56

Problem 18

Show that the point $\mathbf{Q}(2,-3)$ is equidistant from the points $\mathbf{R}(6,0)$, $\mathbf{S}(-2,-6)$, and $\mathbf{T}(-1,1)$

Harmender Singh Yadav
Harmender Singh Yadav
Numerade Educator
03:26

Problem 19

The points $\mathbf{Q}(1,1), \mathbf{R}(2,5), \mathbf{S}(6,8)$, and $\mathbf{T}(5,4)$ are the vertices of a quadrilateral. Show that the opposite sides of the quadrilateral are equal in length.

Destin Priester
Destin Priester
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01:57

Problem 20

Are the opposite sides of the quadrilateral whose vertices are the points $\mathbf{Q}(-2,3), \mathbf{R}(5,2), \mathbf{S}(7,-4)$, and $\mathbf{T}(0,-2)$ equal in length?

Trinity Steen
Trinity Steen
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03:33

Problem 21

Use the distance formula to show that the points $\mathbf{R}(-2,-5), \mathbf{S}(1,-1)$, and $\mathbf{T}(4,3)$ lie on the same line.

William Nute
William Nute
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03:33

Problem 22

Show that the points $\mathbf{R}(-3,3), \mathbf{S}(2,1)$, and $\mathbf{T}(7,-1)$ lie on the same line.

William Nute
William Nute
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02:54

Problem 23

Show that $\mathbf{R}(1,5)$ is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints $\mathbf{S}(-2,3)$ and $\mathbf{T}(4,7)$.

Nathaniel Plew
Nathaniel Plew
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04:12

Problem 24

Show that $\mathbf{M}\left(\frac{a+c}{2}, \frac{b+d}{2}\right)$ is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints $\mathbf{S}(a, b)$ and $\mathbf{T}(c, d)$.

Suzanne W.
Suzanne W.
Numerade Educator

Problem 25

Find the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints $\mathbf{S}(-2,9)$ and $\mathbf{T}(8,-1)$.

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00:38

Problem 26

Find the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints $\mathbf{S}(-3,5)$ and $\mathbf{T}(3,2)$.

Sujit Kumar
Sujit Kumar
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01:11

Problem 27

Show that for points $\mathbf{A}\left(x_1, 0\right)$ and $\mathbf{B}\left(x_2, 0\right), d(\mathbf{A}, \mathbf{B})=\left|x_2-x_1\right|$.

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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02:35

Problem 28

Show that for points $\mathbf{C}\left(0, y_1\right)$ and $\mathbf{D}\left(0, y_2\right), d(\mathbf{C}, \mathbf{D})=\left|y_2-y_1\right|$.

Gregory Higby
Gregory Higby
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