SOLUTION: Find the equation, in slope-interceipt form, of the line that passes through the points (5,6) and (-7,3).

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Question 108317: Find the equation, in slope-interceipt form, of the line that passes through the points (5,6) and (-7,3).
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Find the equation, in slope-interceipt form, of the line that passes through the points (5,6) and (-7,3).
Solved by pluggable solver: FIND EQUATION of straight line given 2 points
hahaWe are trying to find equation of form y=ax+b, where a is slope, and b is intercept, which passes through points (x1, y1) = (5, 6) and (x2, y2) = (-7, 3).
Slope a is a+=+%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29+=+%283-6%29%2F%28-7-5%29+=+0.25.
Intercept is found from equation a%2Ax%5B1%5D%2Bb+=+y%5B1%5D, or 0.25%2A5+%2Bb+=+4.75. From that,
intercept b is b=y%5B1%5D-a%2Ax%5B1%5D, or b=6-0.25%2A5+=+4.75.

y=(0.25)x + (4.75)

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