SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line containing the points (-1,-4) and (2,0).

Question 5298: Find the equation of the line containing the points (-1,-4) and (2,0).
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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) = (-1, -4) and (x2, y2) = (2, 0).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation , or . From that,
intercept b is , or .

y=(1.33333333333333)x + (-2.66666666666667)

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