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[Juliaan]

What does this question mean,

i just did a tangents and normal question, and have the equation for a line.

which is: y = -4x + 25

Q: Write down the co-ordinates of the points A and B where this tangent puts the x and y axes respectively?

thanks in advance,

 

[oasfree]

What does this question mean,

i just did a tangents and normal question, and have the equation for a line.

which is: y = -4x + 25

Q: Write down the co-ordinates of the points A and B where this tangent puts the x and y axes respectively?

thanks in advance,

probably the question is "Write down the co-ordinates of the points A and B where this tangent cuts the x and y axes respectively?"

In this case just work out where the line cut the x and y axis by using y=0 and x=0 respectively to find out. For example if x = 0, then y = 25, y = 0 then x = 25/4

 

[Juliaan]

Yeah i worked out it says cuts, and yeah it would be intercepts then.

Thanks alot anyways