SOLUTION: how can i write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line containing the points (4,6) and (2,7).

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Question 460674: how can i write an equation in slope-intercept form of a line containing the points (4,6) and (2,7).
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First use the two-point form of an equation of a line:



where and are the coordinates of the given points.

Once you have substituted your values from your given points and done the indicated arithmetic, solve the equation for in terms of everything else. The equation will have the form , the slope intercept form, where the coefficient on is the slope and the constant term is the -coordinate of the intercept

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