SOLUTION: What is the equation of the line that passes through the points (-3, -8) and (-4, -6)? Write your final answer in y=mx+b form

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Question 403680: What is the equation of the line that passes through the points (-3, -8) and (-4, -6)? Write your final answer in y=mx+b form
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
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(-3, -8) and (-4, -6) First find slope
m=%28y2-y1%29%2F%28x2-x1%29=%28-6%2B8%29%2F%28-4%2B3%29=2%2F-1=-2 then use point slope formula and plug in one of the points given and a slope
y-y1=m%28x-x1%29
y%2B6=-2%28x%2B4%29
y%2B6=-2x-8
y=-2x-8-6
y=-2x-14