2003 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 11: Difference between revisions

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A line with slope $3$ intersects a line with slope $5$ at point $(10,15)$ . What is the distance between the $x$ -intercepts of these two lines?

$\textbf{(A) } 2 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 5 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 7 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 12 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 20$

Using the point-slope formula, the equation of each line is

$y-15=3(x-10) \longrightarrow y=3x-15\\ y-15=5(x-10) \longrightarrow y=5x-35$

Substitute in $y=0$ to find the $x$ -intercepts.

$0=3x-15\longrightarrow x=5\\ 0=5x-35\longrightarrow x=7$ The difference between them is $7-5=\boxed{\textbf{(A) \ } 2}$ .

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 Substitute in <math>y=0</math> to find the <math>x</math>-intercepts.
-<cmath>0=3x-15\longrightarrowx=5
+<cmath>0=3x-15\longrightarrow x=5\\
-=5x-35\longrightarrowx=7</cmath>
+=5x-35\longrightarrow x=7</cmath>
 The difference between them is <math>7-5=\boxed{\textbf{(A) \ } 2}</math>.