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write an equation in slope- intercepty form of the line that passes through the point (5,9) with slope 7

User Astery
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y=mx+b

m=slope

y=7x+b

Plug in points (5,9) to x&y to get

9=7(5)+b
b=-26

then plug both b and m in to get

y=7x-26

Hope this helped :)
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