Line m has no y-intercept, and its x-intercept is (3, 0). line n has no x-intercept, and its y-intercept is (0, -4). the equation of line m is , and the equation of line n is .

Find the equation of the line through the point (2, 5) that cuts off the least area from the first quadrant. Give your answer using the form below. y − A = B(x − C)

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.