document.write( "Question 633951: Find the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line passing through the points:
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x1 y1 x2 y2
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\n" ); document.write( "slope m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
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\n" ); document.write( "The required line passes through both the points. So we select one point and plug it with the slope
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\n" ); document.write( "Y = m x + b
\n" ); document.write( "-6.00 = -1 * 8 + b
\n" ); document.write( "-6.00 = -8 + b
\n" ); document.write( "b= -6 + 2
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\n" ); document.write( "So the equation will be
\n" ); document.write( "Y = -x+2
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