SOLUTION: (-1,-5) and (-8,-3) find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points. Write the equation in slope intercept form... y=?? thanks for your help

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Question 481910: (-1,-5) and (-8,-3) find an equation of the line containing the given pair of points. Write the equation in slope intercept form... y=?? thanks for your help
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Use the two-point form of an equation of a line:



where and are the coordinates of the given points.

After plugging in the numbers as indicated, to the indicated arithmetic, then use the standard tools for manipulating equations to put your equation into slope-intercept form, namely: . Big HINT: The part is actually the slope.

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