Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
In a square
• diagonals are perpendicular bisectors of each other
Thus diagonals AC and BD are perpendicular
Given the equation of a line in the general form
Ax + By + C = 0 , then
slope m = [tex]\frac{-A}{B}[/tex]
Given equation of diagonal AC
3x - 4y + 10 = 0 ← in general form
with A = 3 and B = - 4 , then
slope m = [tex]\frac{-3}{-4}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{3}{4}[/tex]
given a line with slope m, then the slope of a line perpendicular to it is
[tex]m_{perpendicular}[/tex] = - [tex]\frac{1}{m}[/tex] = - [tex]\frac{1}{\frac{3}{4} }[/tex] = - [tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex]
the equation of a line in slope- intercept form is
y = mx + c ( m is the slope and c the y- intercept )
the partial equation of diagonal BD is then
y = - [tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex] x + c
to find c, substitute B (4, - 5 ) for x and y into the partial equation
- 5 = - [tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex] (4) + c = - [tex]\frac{16}{3}[/tex] + c ( add [tex]\frac{16}{3}[/tex] to both sides )
- [tex]\frac{15}{3}[/tex] + [tex]\frac{16}{3}[/tex] = c ⇒ c = [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]
y = - [tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex] x + [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex] ← equation of diagonal BD
multiply through by 3 to clear the fractions )
3y = - 4x + 1 ( add 4x to both sides )
4x + 3y = 1 ( subtract 1 from both sides )
4x + 3y - 1 = 0 ← equation of diagonal BD