What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (−5,−7) and (5,1)?
1 answer:
Answer:
y = x - 3
Step-by-step explanation:
The equation of a line in slope- intercept form is
y = mx + c ( m is the slope and c the y- intercept )
Calculate m using the slope formula
m = (y₂ - y₁ ) / (x₂ - x₁ )
with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 5, - 7) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (5, 1)
m = =
=
, thus
y = x + c ← is the partial equation
To find c substitute either of the 2 points into the partial equation
Using (5, 1), then
1 = 4 + c ⇒ c = 1 - 4 = - 3
y = x - 3 ← equation of line
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