SOLUTION: write an equation for the line , in point-slope form that passes through the points(3,6) and (-5,-1). Use (3,6) as the point (x1,y1)

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Question 607979: write an equation for the line , in point-slope form that passes through the points(3,6) and (-5,-1). Use (3,6) as the point (x1,y1)
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Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b

  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept.  

(3,6) and 

(-5,-1)  m = 7/8

 y = (7/8)x+b

 6 = (7/8)3 + b

27/8 = b

 y = (7/8)x + 27/8  OR  7x-8y = -27 in standard form