SOLUTION: Suppose you have the points (5,8) and (2,3). How do you create an equation in slope-intercept form that passes through these two points?

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Question 1000434: Suppose you have the points (5,8) and (2,3). How do you create an equation in slope-intercept form that passes through these two points?
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Suppose you have the points (5,8) and (2,3). How do you create an equation in slope-intercept form that passes through these two points?
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Step 1, find the slope.
Slope = m = diffy/diffx
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Step 2, use y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where m = slope and (x1,y1) is either point.