In the diagram, C is the point (30,15), A is a point on the y-axis and B is a point on the x-axis.

- (a)
Given that the equation of the line AB is 3y + x = 15, find the length of AB.
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- (b)
Find the equation of the line which passes through C(30,15) and is parallel to the line AB.
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- (c)
If ABCD is a parallelogram, find the coordinates of D.
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Worked solution
16(a)
1. Find the coordinates of the endpoints $A$ and $B$ from the line equation.
Since is on the -axis, .
, so .
Since is on the -axis, .
, so .
2. Calculate the distance $AB$.
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16(b)
1. Find the gradient of line $AB$ from its equation.
Given line :
So the gradient of is .
A line parallel to has the same gradient, so its gradient is also .
2. Use the point $C(30,15)$ to find the equation of the parallel line.
Using with and passing through :
Hence,
Multiplying by 3:
16(c)
1. Use the parallelogram property to find $D$ from $A$, $B$ and $C$.
From the line , the intercepts are
and .
Since is a parallelogram,
Hence
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