SOLUTION: write the equation of a line that passes through (10,0) and (0,9) in slope-intercept form...please answer my question, thankyou

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Question 176200: write the equation of a line that passes through (10,0) and (0,9) in slope-intercept form...please answer my question, thankyou
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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to write this equation we need the slope which is DELTA%28y%29%2FDELTA%28x%29=change in y over change in x=rise/run=m=slope
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9-0/0-10=-9/10=m(slope)
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now choose any point on the line and use the point slope formula. I choose (0,9)
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y-9=(-9/10)(x-0)
:
y-9=-9/10x.
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y=-9/10x+9 (slope intercept form)

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given two points, use the two-point form of a line. That is, given and , you can write the equation:

y+-+y%5B1%5D+=+%28%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D+-+x%5B2%5D%29%29%28x+-+x%5B1%5D%29

Once you have substituted the values for x%5B1%5D, y%5B1%5D, x%5B2%5D, and y%5B2%5D, and have done the indicated arithmetic, you need to solve the equation for y in order to put the equation in slope intercept form. Solving for y means performing legal algebraic operations on the equation until you have y on the left and everything else on the right.