SOLUTION: find an equation for the line and write the equation in standard form
*through the origin and (7,-8)
my answer for the equation in standard form was 7x-y=8 i don't how i got
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*through the origin and (7,-8)
my answer for the equation in standard form was 7x-y=8 i don't how i got
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Question 1073393: find an equation for the line and write the equation in standard form
*through the origin and (7,-8)
my answer for the equation in standard form was 7x-y=8 i don't how i got it wrong i did all the steps.
for the slope i got m=-8/7
is my slope wrong?? Found 2 solutions by math_helper, josgarithmetic:Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! find an equation for the line and write the equation in standard form
*through the origin and (7,-8)
my answer for the equation in standard form was 7x-y=8 i don't how i got it wrong i did all the steps.
for the slope i got m=-8/7
is my slope wrong??
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You got the slope correct.
I usually go for slope-intercept form first (y=mx+b) , then re-arrange to standard form (Ax + By = C).
When I do that I get
y = -(8/7)x + b
and b=0 since the line goes through the origin (y=0 where the line intercepts y-axis), so the slope-intercept form reduces to y = (-8/7)x
Re-arranging to standard form:
7y = -8x
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The line through the point (0,0) and (7,-8); the origin is (0,0), so the both x and y axis intercepts are 0.
You found the correct slope, so what does this mean?
Line's equation is .
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