Question

What is the equation of the line passing through the points (4,8) and (-1,-12)

Answer 1

Answer:

y=4x-8 hope this helps:)

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Hey there!!

You can find the equation of a st.line passing through points using one point formula if only one point is given and slope is given , else find it by using two point formula (if 2 points are given).

Here, the points are, (4,8) and (-1,-12).

Using two point formula,

$(y - y1) = \frac{y2 - y1}{x2 - x1} (x - x1)$

Keep all values,

$(y - 8) = \frac{ - 12 - 8}{ - 1 - 4} (x - 4)$

Now, simplify them.

$(y - 8) = 5(x - 4)$

y - 8 = 5x -20

5x -y -20+8 = 0

Therefore, 5x - y -12 = 0 is the required equation.

Hope it helps...