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Correct answer: $\DFRAC{13225}{29}$
- Given lines forming two adjacent sides
The two adjacent sides of parallelogram lie on and
Their intersection gives the vertex .
So solve:
From (1):
Substitute into (2):
Then
Hence,
- Use the fact that diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other
One diagonal is whose equation is
Since ,
So this is impossible if the diagonal is really , because diagonal must pass through .
Thus there is evidently a typo in the statement: the given diagonal must be the other diagonal, i.e. .
Then the question asks for distance of from the other diagonal, which would then be ; but only one diagonal equation is given. The natural interpretation consistent with geometry and the stored answer is:
- the given line is one diagonal,
- we need distance of from that diagonal.
So let us compute distance of from the line
- Distance of point from the line
Using point-to-line distance formula,
Compute numerator:
Denominator:
Thus
So,
Therefore,
Since and ,
Now, so
This shows again that the printed statement is inconsistent as written.
- Check what value matches the stored answer
If instead the intended quantity were then
This matches the natural distance computation from to the given line.
So the most likely issue is a typo in the question: either the coefficient is wrong, or the named diagonal is wrong.
- Conclusion
From the geometry and the given line, the actual computed value is
This is not equal to the stored answer .
Hence I do not agree with the stored answer under the question as written.
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