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Question 613071: Find the equation of the line containing the given pair of points
(-2, -6) and (-8, -9)
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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Use the two-point form of an equation of a line:
(x\ -\ x_1) )
where ) and ) are the coordinates of the given points.
However, please note that you cannot write "the" equation of any line. You can only write "an" equation of a line. In the first place, you could just substitute the values in the point-slope or two-point form and have an equation of the desired line, or you could solve for  to put it into slope-intercept form, or you could rearrange it into standard form, namely  . Furthermore, for a given  ,  , and  ,  where  describes a set of equations with an infinite number of elements, each of which graphs to the same line in  .
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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