Question

Find the slope-intercept form from the two points (0,8) and (1, 10).

Answer 1

Answer:

y = 2x + 8

Step-by-step explanation:

We want an equation of the form y = mx + b (slope-intercept).

Look what happens to x as we go from (0, 8) to (1, 10):  x increases by 1.  This is the 'run' as we calculate the slope.

At the same time, y increases by 2 from 8 to 10.

The slope is defined as m = rise / run, and here is m = 2/1, or m = 2.

Write out y = mx + b and substitute 2 for m:  y = 2x + b.

To find the y-intercept, substitute 0 (from (0, 8) ) for x and 8 for y:

8 = 2(0) = b, so b = 8, and the desired equation is

y = 2x + 8