SOLUTION: The graph of a line passes through the points (0, -2) and (6, 0). What is the equation of the line?

Question 1126760: The graph of a line passes through the points (0, -2) and (6, 0). What is the equation of the line?

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do it on graph paper. You have both axis intercepts and you can just count the slope and put the equation into slope-intercept form.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

the equation of the line:
where is a slope and is y-intercept
use given points to ind a slope: (, ) and (, )

since is y-intercept, and we know that y-intercept is at (, ), from given point (, ) we see that
so, your equation is

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