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A caterpillar crawling in a straight line across a coordinate plane starts at point (-3,
-4) and ends at point (25, 38). Counting the start point and end point, how many
points with integer coordinates does the caterpillar touch?

A Caterpillar Crawling In A Straight Line Across A Coordinate Plane Starts At Point 3 4 And Ends At Point 25 38 Counting The Start Point And End Point How Many class=

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9514 1404 393

Answer:

  15

Step-by-step explanation:

In vector form, the equation of point p on the line can be written as ...

  p = (-3, -4) +t(25 -(-3), 38 -(-4)) . . . . . for some scalar t

  p = (-3, -4) +t(28, 42)

  p = (-3, -4) +14t(2, 3)

where t takes on any value between 0 and 1.

If we let t = n/14 for some integer 0 ≤ n ≤ 14, then the coordinates of point p will be integers.

There are 15 values that n can have in the allowed range.

The caterpillar touches 15 points with integer coordinates.

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