SOLUTION: Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line that contains each pair of points: (5,-3) and (5,1)

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Question 382496: Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line that contains each pair of points: (5,-3) and (5,1)
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Use the two-point form of an equation of a line:



where and are the coordinates of the given points.

Once you have made the substitutions and done the arithmetic, solve your equation for in terms of everything else. That is to say, arrange it into the slope-intercept form, thus:



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