document.write( "Question 909082: Find the equation of a line that passes through the points (1/3,4/5) and -5/7,1/4). Put you final answer in standard form (Ax+By=C) and make sure there are no fractions or decimals in the answer and the x term is positive.\r
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document.write( "So far, I have figured out what the slope would be by using the
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document.write( "m=y2-y1/x2-x1, which gave me -11/20*21/22=21/40(slope)
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document.write( "then I tried using the point slope form and this is where my confusion came in at.
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document.write( "I had Y-4/5=21/40(x-1/3) THEN I subtracted the 4/5 from both sides and came up with Y=21/40x(-1/3+4/5). I don't know what to do from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #551574 by lwsshak3(11628)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the equation of a line that passes through the points (1/3,4/5) and -5/7,1/4). Put you final answer in standard form (Ax+By=C) and make sure there are no fractions or decimals in the answer and the x term is positive. \n" ); document.write( "So far, I have figured out what the slope would be by using the \n" ); document.write( "m=y2-y1/x2-x1, which gave me -11/20*21/22=21/40(slope) \n" ); document.write( "then I tried using the point slope form and this is where my confusion came in at. \n" ); document.write( "I had Y-4/5=21/40(x-1/3) THEN I subtracted the 4/5 from both sides and came up with Y=21/40x(-1/3+4/5). \n" ); document.write( "*** \n" ); document.write( "Start with what you did correctly so far: \n" ); document.write( "y-(4/5)=(21/40)(x-1/3) \n" ); document.write( "lcd:40 \n" ); document.write( "40y-32=21x-7 \n" ); document.write( "21x-40y=-25\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |