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Describe the steps you would use to write an equation of the line that passes through the given points.
Answer to Problem 2E
The equation of the line passing through the given points would be
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Two points on a line:
Concept used:
The equation of a line in
Calculation:
Our first step is to find the slope of line passing through the given points.
Let point
We can see from our given points that the y -intercept is
Our next step is to substitute the value of slope and y -intercept in slope-intercept form of equation as shown below:
Therefore, the equation of the line passing through the given points would be
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