The map shows Santa Cruz Boulevard and the construction site for the new town hall. Find the equation of a “street” that passes through the building site and is parallel to Santa Cruz Boulevard.

The map shows Santa Cruz Boulevard and the construction site for the new town hall Find the equation of a street that passes through the building site and is pa class=

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y=1/2x-1 is the answer that is parallel

Answer:

the equation of a “street” that passes through the building site and is parallel to Santa Cruz Boulevard[tex]y=\frac{x}{2}+4[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

  • The slope is find by 2 points on line [tex](x_1,y_1)\,\text{and}\,(y_2,y_2)[/tex] is calculated as; [tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]

  • Equation of line is in slope-intercept form is written as;

          [tex](y-y_1)=m(x_2-x_1)[/tex]

We can easily take two points from given graphs are

(2,5) and (6,7)

The slope of line is;

[tex]m=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}[/tex]

[tex]m=\frac{7-5}{6-2}[/tex]

[tex]m=\frac{2}{4}[/tex]

[tex]m=\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

the slope of line is [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

Now, find the equation of line with the  slope-intercept form

[tex](y-y_1)=m(x-x_1)[/tex]

[tex](y-5)=\frac{1}{2}(x-2)[/tex]

Add both the sides by 5 in above expression,

[tex]y=\frac{1}{2}(x-2)+5[/tex]

[tex]y=\frac{x}{2}-1+5[/tex]

[tex]y=\frac{x}{2}+4[/tex]

Therefore, the equation of a “street” that passes through the building site and is parallel to Santa Cruz Boulevard[tex]y=\frac{x}{2}+4[/tex]