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3 years ago

Explain how to write an equation of a line given the slope and one point on the line

2 answers:

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Equation of the line is slope intercept form correct? Ok, slope intercept is y=MX+b. M is slope, x is the point, and b is the y intercept. If you are trying to find b then plug your x and y values plus your slope and once you have b put that in the equation. After that you could take out the x and y values to put the variables x and y and that's you equation of a line

Roman55 [17]3 years ago

4 0

It’s written in y=mx+b I think
The slope is M
B is where it hits on the y-intercept
Hopefully this helps

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