SOLUTION: I HOPE U CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. WRITE AN EQUATION OF A LINE THAT SATISFIES THE GIVEN CONDITIONS. WRITE THE ANSWER IN SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM. THE LINE PASSES THROUGH THE POINTS (2,

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Question 129187: I HOPE U CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. WRITE AN EQUATION OF A LINE THAT SATISFIES THE GIVEN CONDITIONS. WRITE THE ANSWER IN SLOPE-INTERCEPT FORM.
THE LINE PASSES THROUGH THE POINTS (2,5) AND (8,-5)
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

exact equation is:
y=%28-1.66666666666667%29x+%2B+%288.33333333333333%29
shorter form:

y=%28-1.7%29x+%2B+%288.3%29



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) = (2, 5) and (x2, y2) = (8, -5).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation a%2Ax%5B1%5D%2Bb+=+y%5B1%5D, or -1.66666666666667%2A2+%2Bb+=+8.33333333333333. From that,
intercept b is b=y%5B1%5D-a%2Ax%5B1%5D, or b=5--1.66666666666667%2A2+=+8.33333333333333.

y=(-1.66666666666667)x + (8.33333333333333)

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