What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (8,—6) and (4,-1)?

Question

What is an equation of the line that passes through the points (8,—6) and (4,-1)?

Answer 1

Hi Kesten,

The first thing you need to do is calculate the slope of the line that contains the two points, you can do this with the formula m= (y₂-y₁)/(x₂-x₁) where your two points are (x₁,y₁) and (x₂,y₂).

After you calculate your slope (m), use your slope and a point of your choice to find the equation of the line. It is up to you whether to use slope-intercept form or point slope form to do so.'

Slope intercept form: y=mx+b

Point slope form: y-y₁=m(x-x₁)

Best of luck!