SOLUTION: Write the equation of the line passing through each of the pairs of points. Write your result in slope-intercept form, whereever possible.
(-1,3) and (4,-2)
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(-1,3) and (4,-2)
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Question 53962: Write the equation of the line passing through each of the pairs of points. Write your result in slope-intercept form, whereever possible.
(-1,3) and (4,-2)
Mcgraw Hill 6th edition, chapter 7.3, problem 3 20. Thanks so much for your help!!! Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The slope, m, of a line is defined as . So just substitute your ordered pairs into that equation to get , which simplifies to which reduces to m=-1. That means our equation is y=-x+b in slope intercept form. To find out what b is, substitute one of the ordered pairs. Taking (-1,3) gives us 3=1+b, which reduces to b=2. So our final equation is y=-x+2 and graphs to:
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