Question 308823
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A line that has an *[tex \Large x]-intercept of 8 passes through the point *[tex \Large (8,0)].  Likewise a line that has an *[tex \Large y]-intercept of 6 passes through the point *[tex \Large (0,6)].


Use the two-point form of the equation of a line to derive <b><i>an</i></b> equation for the desired line.  (You can't find <b><i>the</i></b> equation for a line because there are an infinite number of representations of any given line.


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ y\ -\ y_1\ =\ \left(\frac{y_1\ -\ y_2}{x_1\ -\ x_2}\right)(x\ -\ x_1) ]


where *[tex \Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)] and *[tex \Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)] are the coordinates of the given points.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
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