The $x$-intercept of a line passing through the points $\left(\frac{-1}{2}, 1\right)$ and $B(1,3)$ is

The $x$-intercept of a line passing through the points $\left(\frac{-1}{2}, 1\right)$ and $B(1,3)$ is
  1. $-1 / 6$
  2. $-5 / 4$
  3. $1 / 3$
  4. $4 / 3$

Solution

Finding the slope from the given points as: $\begin{aligned} & \text {Slope }=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} \\ & \text {Slope }=\frac{3-1}{1-\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)} \\ & \text {Slope }=\frac{2}{1+\frac{1}{2}} \\ & \text {Slope }=\frac{2}{\frac{3}{2}} \end{aligned}$ Slope $=\frac{4}{3}$ Now the equation will be: $\begin{aligned} & y=m x+c \\ & y=\frac{4}{3} x+c \end{aligned}$ Now substituting the point $(1,3)$ into the above equation as: $\begin{gathered} 3=\frac{4}{3} \times 1+c \\ 3-\frac{4}{3}=c \\ \frac{5}{3}=c \end{gathered}$ So, the equation will be: $\begin{aligned} & y=\frac{4}{3} x+c \\ & y=\frac{4}{3} x+\frac{5}{3} \end{aligned}$ Now to find the $x$-intercept substitute $y=0$ as: $y=\frac{4}{3} x+\frac{5}{3}$ $0=\frac{4}{3} x+\frac{5}{3}$ $\begin{gathered} x=-\frac{5}{3} \times \frac{3}{4} \\ x=-\frac{5}{4} \end{gathered}$ Therefore, the answer is option [2].

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (20 Sep Shift 2)

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