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| Question 188681:  A straight line passes through the points (5,3) and (7,1)
 a. find its slop
 b. find equation of this line using point-slop from of the line
 c. find x-intercpt and y-intercept of the line.
 d. find the equation of a line by slop-intercept from of the line. verify
 whether it is sme as one obtained in part (b)
 Answer by Alan3354(69443)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A straight line passes through the points (5,3) and (7,1) a. find its slop
 It's slope.
 Slope, m, = diffy/diffx
 m = (1-3)/(7-5)
 m = -1
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 b. find equation of this line using point-slop from of the line
 y-y1 = m*(x-x1) (x1,y1) is either point
 y-3 = -1*(x-5) = -x+5
 y = -x + 8 slope-intercept form
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 c. find x-intercpt and y-intercept of the line.
 To find the x-intercept set y = 0
 0 = -x + 8
 x = 8 --> (8,0)
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 y-intercept = (0,8) from slope intercept eqn above
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 d. find the equation of a line by slop-intercept from of the line. verify
 whether it is sme as one obtained in part (b)
 I don't know what that means.
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