document.write( "Question 465407: What is the equation of the line that contains the points with (x,y) coordinates (–3,7) and (5,–1) ?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use the two-point form of an equation of a line:\r
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are the coordinates of the given points.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Of course, this will only provide an equation of the desired line. There are (many) more than one representations of any given line, so it is impossible to write the equation of a line.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Once you have substituted your given coordinate values and done the indicated arithmetic, you can either leave it in that state, put it into slope-intercept form (

), or put it into standard form (

) as you (or, perhaps more to the point, as your instructor or textbook) desire(s).\r
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