New Thread On Newer Geometry Questions

**deepakz** · 09-02-2005, 06:21 AM

Its just that tan,cos and sin sometimes help to solve problems easily.

**yasseramin** · 09-02-2005, 06:24 AM

deepakZ:

i think u got that question wrong in exam

at first I also thought that if x and y intercept r equal then slope must be -1

but u can see from the figure I posted, a line passing through origin is an exception

what do u say

por favor, el señor reply

**mauveÄster** · 09-02-2005, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by yasseramin

see the pic

all of these 3 lines have x and y intercepts of 0, yet the slope is different in each case.

Yes they will have different slopes. This is because we define slope as;
m=(Rise in Y)/(Rise in X)
Here both the numerator and denominator will have different values for different lines. Thus, you will get different slopes!

**yasseramin** · 09-02-2005, 06:35 AM

thank God this concept is cleared. but gosh getting such question all of a sudden in real gre ... my God!!

**coolmavs** · 09-02-2005, 12:45 PM

Hey guys, does anyone have a clue as to which post xeley was referring to when he said the following

"the math was ok.. not really simple.. but I actually saw the problems exactly being discussed at the forum.. like the one with the circle tangential to the axes and where it is required to find a slope"

Any clues guys.......