A line passes through the point a (-3,4) and b (5,-2) find the ff:

Question

A. Slope

B. General equation of the line

C. X and y intercept

Answer 1

Hi Zest,

the slope is equal to the difference of the two y coordinates which is 6 divided by the difference of the two x coordinates which is - 8. Simplifying the slope is - 3/4.

plugging in one of the set of points into y = m x + b

the equation of the line is y= - 3/4 x + 7/4

the y intercept is 7/4 and the x intercept is - 7/9.