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Ksju [112]
3 years ago
14

when asked to write a point slope equation for a line passing through the points (-3,-5) and (2,4) a student wrote y-4=-9/5(x-2)

. how can he fix thi to write the correct equation?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Eduardwww [97]3 years ago
5 0
(-3,-5)(2,4)
slope(m) = (4 - (-5) / (2 - (-3) = (4 + 5) / (2 + 3) = 9/5

y - y1 = m(x - x1)
slope(m) = 9/5
(2,4)...x1 = 2 and y1 = 4
sub
y - 4 = 9/5(x - 1)....this is the correct answer

the student figured the slope wrong....it is 9/5...not -9/5
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