Question

Wich is an equetion of the line that passes through the points (4,2) and (0,-1)

Answer 1

Answer:

y

=

2

x

−

1

Explanation:

First, we need to determine the slope of the line. The formula for determining the slope of a line is:

m

=

y

2

−

y

1

x

2

−

x

1

where

m

is the slope and the x and y terms are for the points:

(

x

1

,

y

1

)

and

(

x

2

,

y

2

)

For this problem the slope is:

m

=

3

−

−

1

2

−

0

m

=

3

+

1

2

m

=

4

2

m

=

2

Now, selecting one of the points we can use the point slope formula to find the equation.

The point slope formula is:

y

−

y

1

=

m

(

x

−

x

1

)

Substituting one of our points gives:

y

−

−

1

=

2

(

x

−

0

)

y

+

1

=

2

x

Solving for

y

to put this in standard form gives:

y

+

1

−

1

=

2

x

−

1

y

+

0

=

2

x

−

1

y

=

2

x

−

1