Question

What is the equation of a line that passes through the hypotenuse of the right triangle in the graph?

A. 1/5x
B. y=5x
C. y=-5x
D. y=2/5x

Answer 1

y = 5x

Explanation:

Hey there!

To start with the hypotenuse of a triangle is the longest side of it

and to get an equation of a line you would use

y = mx + b

where m is the slope

and b is the y-intercept

to get the slope you would do rise over run

rise/run

take 2 points and see how much it rises and runs to the next point

you would then get 5

then we figure out the y-intercept where the line intercepts the y-axis

in this case 0

In conclusion the answer is y = 5x + 0

we can also remove the 0 because it is unnecessary

y = 5x