SOLUTION: what is the equation of the line, in slope-intercept form, pasing through the points (-1,-3)and (-3,5)

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Question 357984: what is the equation of the line, in slope-intercept form, pasing through the points (-1,-3)and (-3,5)
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Use the two-point form of an equation of a line:



where and are the coordinates of the given points.

Once you have substituted your coordinates to the appropriate arithmetic and algebraic manipulations to put your equation into:



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