SOLUTION: write an equation of the line containing the points indicated:(8,7)and(2,-1)

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(8,7)and(2,-1)
find the slope by dividing rise to run.





so slope we found the slope. now we need to find y-intercept. choose one of the points and substitute with the x y values and substitute the m with the slope we have just found.






substitute the values we had found (slope, y-intercept)



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