Question 1 of 5
One line passes through the point and has slope . Another line is given by . What is the -coordinate of the point where the two lines intersect?
Explanation
A line with slope passing through has equation . At the intersection with , the two expressions for are equal, so . Adding to both sides gives , so .
Concept summary
To find where two lines intersect, write each line's equation and set the expressions for equal to each other.