Question

A line passes through (-1,7) and (2,10) which answer is the equation of the line

Answer 1

Answer: -x + y = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

So first you are going to want to find the slope of the equation. The equation for that it (y2 - y1)/(x2 - x1) = (10 - 7)/(2 - -1) and that equals 1. So your slope will be 1.

Now you have half of your equation complete, currently it looks like, y = x + b. So we have to find the y intercept. You can do that by plugging in a pair of coordinates into the current equation and solve for b.

Lets plug in (2,10)

10 = 2 + b

10 - 2 = b

b = 8

So now you have your equation in slope intercept form, y = x + 8. Just move the x over to the left side and there is your answer.

-x + y = 8