SOLUTION: Graph the line containing the given pair of points and find the slope (5,0) and (-3,-4)

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Question 545111: Graph the line containing the given pair of points and find the slope (5,0) and (-3,-4)
Answer by saifoo.khan(162) About Me  (Show Source):
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slope = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
slope = (-4-0)/(-3-(5))
slope = -4/-8
slope = 1/2
now use this in equation,
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
Take any point, let's take (5,0)
y - y1 = m(x - x1)
y - 0 = 1/2 (x - 5)
y = 1x/2 - 5/2
Answer.
Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc
Equation -1+x+%2B+2+y+=+-2.5 describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is -a%2Fb+=+--1%2F2.
  • X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. -2.5/-1 = 2.5.
  • Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is -2.5/2 = -1.25.
  • Slope is --1/2 = 0.5.
  • Equation in slope-intercept form: y=0.5*x+-1.25.
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