document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=129731>Question 129731</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495188891/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Find the equation, in slope-intercept form, of the line that passes through the points <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-5, 2) and (-4, 1).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #94757 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=94757\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> FIRST YOU NEED TO FIND THE SLOPE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1-2)/(-4+5)=-1/1=-1 FOR THE SLOPE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW REPLACE THE X & Y TERMS BY ONE SET OF (X,Y) COORDINATES & SOLVE FOR THE Y INTERCEPT (b) IN THE LINE EQUATION [Y=mX+b]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2=-1*1+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-2+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=-1 Y INTERCEPT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS THE LINE EQUATION IS;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-X-1\r<BR>\n" );
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