SOLUTION: Write an equation of a line in standard form that passes through the points (4,-2) and (0,6)

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Question 1130062: Write an equation of a line in standard form that passes through the points (4,-2) and (0,6)
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Write an equation of a line in standard form that passes through the points (4,-2) and (0,6)
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Step 1, find the slope m.
Step 2, use y-y1 = m*(x-x1) where (x1,y1) is either point.
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Or,

|x    y   1|
|4   -2   1| = 0
|0    6   1|