document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=238886>Question 238886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                      (-5,-1) and ( -2,-8) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First, let's find the slope of the line using the slope formula (y-y)/(x-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-5,-1) and ( -2,-8) It will look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1-(-8)/-5-(-2) will give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7/-3 or -7/3 Now we can use the point-slope formula which is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-y=m(x-x) Plug in either of the points and we have: (Note: m is slope)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-(-1)=-7/3(x-(-5) Simpilfy this to:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+1= -7/3x - 35/3 Subtract 1 both sides which gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=-7/3(x) - 38/3 This can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2 1/3(x) - 12 2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ Toftness<BR>\n" );
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