SOLUTION: The graph of a line passes through the points (0, -2) and (6, 0). What is the equation of the line?

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Question 1113715: The graph of a line passes through the points (0, -2) and (6, 0). What is the equation of the line?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, amalm06:
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
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Specially for such problems, the lesson is written
    - Equation for a straight line in a coordinate plane passing through two given points
in this site.

Read it and then solve your problem.

From this lesson, learn the subject once for all.

Answer by amalm06(224)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First find the slope of the line:

Next choose one set of points to obtain the y-intercept:

So the slope of the line is and the y-intercept is

The slope-intercept form of the equation is (Answer)