SOLUTION: what is the equation of a line passing through (-2, -1) and (6, 3)?

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Question 655963: what is the equation of a line passing through (-2, -1) and (6, 3)?
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Solved by pluggable solver: FIND EQUATION of straight line given 2 points
hahaWe are trying to find equation of form y=ax+b, where a is slope, and b is intercept, which passes through points (x1, y1) = (-2, -1) and (x2, y2) = (6, 3).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation , or . From that,
intercept b is , or .

y=(0.5)x + (0)

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