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Solved by pluggable solver: Finding the Equation of a Line
First lets find the slope through the points (\"-3\",\"3\") and (\"7\",\"2\")
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29\" Start with the slope formula (note: (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is the first point (\"-3\",\"3\") and (\"x%5B2%5D\",\"y%5B2%5D\") is the second point (\"7\",\"2\"))
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m=%282-3%29%2F%287--3%29\" Plug in \"y%5B2%5D=2\",\"y%5B1%5D=3\",\"x%5B2%5D=7\",\"x%5B1%5D=-3\" (these are the coordinates of given points)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m=+-1%2F10\" Subtract the terms in the numerator \"2-3\" to get \"-1\". Subtract the terms in the denominator \"7--3\" to get \"10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " So the slope is
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\n" ); document.write( " \"m=-1%2F10\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Now let's use the point-slope formula to find the equation of the line:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-y%5B1%5D=m%28x-x%5B1%5D%29\" where \"m\" is the slope, and (\"x%5B1%5D\",\"y%5B1%5D\") is one of the given points
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\n" ); document.write( " So lets use the Point-Slope Formula to find the equation of the line
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-3=%28-1%2F10%29%28x--3%29\" Plug in \"m=-1%2F10\", \"x%5B1%5D=-3\", and \"y%5B1%5D=3\" (these values are given)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-3=%28-1%2F10%29%28x%2B3%29\" Rewrite \"x--3\" as \"x%2B3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-3=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B%28-1%2F10%29%283%29\" Distribute \"-1%2F10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y-3=%28-1%2F10%29x-3%2F10\" Multiply \"-1%2F10\" and \"3\" to get \"-3%2F10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%28-1%2F10%29x-3%2F10%2B3\" Add \"3\" to both sides to isolate y
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B27%2F10\" Combine like terms \"-3%2F10\" and \"3\" to get \"27%2F10\" (note: if you need help with combining fractions, check out this solver)
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\n" ); document.write( " So the equation of the line which goes through the points (\"-3\",\"3\") and (\"7\",\"2\") is:\"y=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B27%2F10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " The equation is now in \"y=mx%2Bb\" form (which is slope-intercept form) where the slope is \"m=-1%2F10\" and the y-intercept is \"b=27%2F10\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Notice if we graph the equation \"y=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B27%2F10\" and plot the points (\"-3\",\"3\") and (\"7\",\"2\"), we get this: (note: if you need help with graphing, check out this solver)
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\n" ); document.write( " Graph of \"y=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B27%2F10\" through the points (\"-3\",\"3\") and (\"7\",\"2\")
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\n" ); document.write( " Notice how the two points lie on the line. This graphically verifies our answer.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we know that our slope-intercept equation is
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%28-1%2F10%29x%2B27%2F10\" or \"y=-0.1x%2B2.7\"
\n" ); document.write( "So we need to get the x's and the y's to one side
\n" ); document.write( "\"y%2B%281%2F10%29x=27%2F10\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now we need to multiply everything by 10 (which is our LCD) to get nothing but integers.
\n" ); document.write( "\"10%28y%2B%281%2Fcross%2810%29%29x%29=cross%2810%29%2827%2Fcross%2810%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "So we get
\n" ); document.write( "\"10y%2Bx=27\"
\n" ); document.write( "So our standard equation is:
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B10y=27\"
\n" ); document.write( "Where A=1, B=10, and C=27
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