SOLUTION: Find the equation of the line containing the points (-1,-4) and (2,0).

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Question 5298: Find the equation of the line containing the points (-1,-4) and (2,0).
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Solved by pluggable solver: FIND EQUATION of straight line given 2 points
hahaWe are trying to find equation of form y=ax+b, where a is slope, and b is intercept, which passes through points (x1, y1) = (-1, -4) and (x2, y2) = (2, 0).
Slope a is .
Intercept is found from equation a%2Ax%5B1%5D%2Bb+=+y%5B1%5D, or 1.33333333333333%2A-1+%2Bb+=+-2.66666666666667. From that,
intercept b is b=y%5B1%5D-a%2Ax%5B1%5D, or b=-4-1.33333333333333%2A-1+=+-2.66666666666667.

y=(1.33333333333333)x + (-2.66666666666667)

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