Question

What is the equation for the line that passes through the points (4,2) and (0,6)?

Answer 1

Answer:

The equation is y=-x+6.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the slope of this equation, we use the equation m=y2-y1/x2-x1, where m is the slope. Take one y coordinate and subtract it from the other and do the same with the x coordinates. Then, divide the difference of the y coordinates by the difference of the x coordinates. For example, 6-2/0-4. This gets us 4/-4. You can also do 2-6/4-0 which gets us -4/4. No matter what, we get -1 for each (we don't include the 1 in front of the x). To find the y-intercept, plug in the coordinates. For example, do 6=0(-1)+b or 2=4(-1)+b. No matter which you use, you get an answer of b=6. This gives you an equation of y=-x+6. Hope this helps :)