SOLUTION: find the question of the line containing the given pair of points. (-1, -7)(-6,-4)

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Question 405239: find the question of the line containing the given pair of points.
(-1, -7)(-6,-4)
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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) = (-1, -7) and (x2, y2) = (-6, -4).
Slope a is a+=+%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29+=+%28-4--7%29%2F%28-6--1%29+=+-0.6.
Intercept is found from equation a%2Ax%5B1%5D%2Bb+=+y%5B1%5D, or -0.6%2A-1+%2Bb+=+-7.6. From that,
intercept b is b=y%5B1%5D-a%2Ax%5B1%5D, or b=-7--0.6%2A-1+=+-7.6.

y=(-0.6)x + (-7.6)

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