SOLUTION: Help, Help, Help, I'm not understanding the problem. will you please help me figure it out. given order pairs (points) of (-4, -2) and (-1, -5), develop an equation in the slop

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given order pairs (points) of (-4, -2) and (-1, -5), develop an equation in the slope intercept format.
Found 2 solutions by vleith, scott8148:
Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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) = (-4, -2) and (x2, y2) = (-1, -5).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation , or . From that,
intercept b is , or .

y=(-1)x + (-6)

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Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use the slope equation to find the slope of the line between the points

m = (Y2 - Y1) / (X2 - X1) = (-5 - -2) / (-1 - -4) = (-3) / (3) = -1

write the point-slope equation for the line ___ y - -2 = -1 (x - -4)

converting to slope-intercept ___ y + 2 = -x - 4 ___ y = -x - 6
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