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Question 224218: Write the slope intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point with the given slope.
through: (1,2), slope=7
Found 2 solutions by rfer, drj:
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source):
Answer by drj(1380)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Write the slope intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point with the given slope.
through: (1,2), slope=7
Step 1. The slope-intercept form is given as y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept when x=0 or at point(0,b).
Step 2. The slope m is given as
Step 3. Let (x1,y1)=(1,2) or x1=1 and y1=2 . Let other point be (x2,y2)=(x,y) or x2=x and y2=y.
Step 4. Now we're given the slope  . Substituting above values and variables in the slope equation m yields the following steps:
Step 5. Multiply x-1 to both sides to get rid of denominator on right side of equation.
Step 6. Now add 2 to both sides of equation to solve for y.
Note: the above equation can be rewritten as
And the graph is shown below which is consistent with the above steps.
| Solved by pluggable solver: DESCRIBE a linear EQUATION: slope, intercepts, etc |
Equation  describes a sloping line. For any
equation ax+by+c = 0, slope is  .- X intercept is found by setting y to 0: ax+by=c becomes ax=c. that means that x = c/a. 5/7 = 0.714285714285714.
- Y intercept is found by setting x to 0: the equation becomes by=c, and therefore y = c/b. Y intercept is 5/-1 = -5.
- Slope is -7/-1 = 7.
- Equation in slope-intercept form: y=7*x+-5.
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Dr J
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