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The segment connecting (3,0) and (4,-1) is extended each way a distance (7/4) each own length. Find endpoint.

2. Originally Posted by jasonlewiz
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The segment connecting (3,0) and (4,-1) is extended each way a distance (7/4) each own length. Find endpoint.
The segment from (3, 0) to (4, -1) has "x range" 4- 2= 1 and "y range" -1- 0= -1: that is, to go from (3, 0) to (4, -1) you go to the right 1 and down 1. The "slope" is -1/1= -1. If you extend that line past (4, -1) you have to keep that same slope so you extend to the right some distance x and down that same distance: y= -x. Of course the distance is given by $\sqrt{x^2+ y^2}= 7/4$ and, since y= -x, that is $\sqrt{x^2+ x^2}= \sqrt{2}x= 7/4$. Add $x= 7/(4\sqrt{2})= 7\sqrt{2}/8$ to 4 and subtract it from 1 to get the (x,y) coordinates of the endpoint in that direction. Go the other way, past (3,0) to get the other endpoint.

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Originally Posted by jasonlewiz
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The segment connecting (3,0) and (4,-1) is extended each way a distance (7/4) each own length. Find endpoint.
I assume that you want the coordinates of both end points.

Draw a careful diagram showing these two points on a squared grid. Draw the line segment that joins them and extend it in each direction by $\tfrac74=1\tfrac34$ of its own length. So at the left-hand end that's $1\tfrac34$ to the left and $1\tfrac34$ units up; at the right-hand end that's $1\tfrac34$ units to the right and $1\tfrac34$ units down. If you draw this with care, you should see immediately what the coordinates are.

The left-hand end point has $x$-coordinate $3 - 1\tfrac34=1\tfrac14$; and $y$-coordinate $1\tfrac34$.

The right-hand end has $x$-coordinate $4 + 1\tfrac34 = 5\tfrac34$; and $y$-coordinate $-1-1\tfrac34=-2\tfrac34$.

The line determined by those two points can be written as $\left\langle {3 + t, - t} \right\rangle ,\,t \in \mathbb{R}$.
If $t=0$ we get $(3,0)$ and $t=1$ gives $(4,-1)$.
To get the two required points let $t=\frac{-7}{4}~\&~t=\frac{11}{4}$.