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Find the slope and y intercept of the line through the point (9,10) that cuts off the least area from the first quadrant

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The slope of the line is -10/9 and the value of y-intercept of the line is 50/3.

Slope of the line:

A slope of a line is the change in y coordinate with respect to the change in x coordinate.

Given,

The point (9,10) that cuts off the least area from the first quadrant

Here we need to find the slope and y intercept of the line.

A line is passing through a point (9,10) cuts off least area in first quadrant.

The equation of the line passing through point (9,10) and has slope m can be expressed as,

=> y - 10 = m (x - 9)

=> y = m(x - 9) + 10

=> y - mx = - 9m + 10

Divide the terms by - 9m + 10, then we get,

=> (y/- 9m+10) - (mx/ - 9m+10) = 1

=> (mx/9m+10) - (y/9m+10) = 1

It can be rewritten as,

[tex]\implies\frac{x}{\frac{9m-10}{m}} -\frac{y}{10-9m}[/tex]

We know that,

The equation of straight line in intercept form is

=> x/a + y/b = 1

So, the intercept made by the line on x-axis i.e. a and on y-axis i.e. b are:

a = 9m-10/m

b =  10 - 9m

The area of the triangle made by the line in first quadrant can be expressed as,

=> A = 1/2 x (9m-10/m) x (10 - 9m)

=> A = -1/2 (9m-10)²/m-----------------------(1)

Differentiate the equation (1) with respect to m.

[tex]\frac{dA}{dm}=-\frac{1}{2}[\frac{2m(9m-10).9-(9m-10)^2}{m^2}][/tex]

[tex]\frac{dA}{dm}=-\frac{9m-10}{2m^2}[2m.9-(9m-10)][/tex]

[tex]\frac{dA}{dm}=-\frac{9m-10}{2m^2}[18m-9m-10)][/tex]

when we simplify it,

=> dA/dm = -(9m-10)/2m² [9m-10]

Let dA/dm = 0, then

=> 0 = -1/2m² (9m-10)(9m-10)

=> 0 = 1/m² (10-9m)(9m-10)

=> 0 = (10 - 9m) (9m -10)

Therefore, the value of m is,

=> 10 - 9m = 0

=> -9m = -10

=> m = 10/9

And

=> 9m - 10 =0

=> 9m = 10

=> m = 10/9

The line will be in first quadrant and forms a triangle with axes if the slope is negative.

Substitute m = -10/9

Then, b = 10-9m

Then,

=> y = 10 - 6(-10/9)

=> y = 10 + 20/3

=> y = 50/3

So, the slope of the line is -10/9 and the value of y-intercept of the line is 50/3.

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