SOLUTION: How do you solve in order... (6,0),(3,2)???? It is in Writing Equations andd it has to have three different steps.

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Question 70408: How do you solve in order...
(6,0),(3,2)???? It is in Writing Equations andd it has to have three different steps.
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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ASSUMING YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND THE EQUATION OF A LINE THROUGH THESE TWO POINTS THEN:
WE FIRST FIND THE SLOPE(m) BY (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1) THUS:
(2-0)/(3-6)
2/-3=-2/3 IS THE SLOPE (m).
NOW WE SUBSTITUTE ONE SET OF X & Y VALUES IN THE EQUATION Y=mX+b & SOLVE FOR b.
0=-2/3*6+b
0=-12/3+b
0=-4+b
b=4 THUS THE EQUATION IS
Y=-2/3X+4