Question

A line crosses the coordinates (-3, 5) and (4, -2). What is the slope-intercept form of the equation of this line?

Answer 1

`\bf (\stackrel{x_1}{-3}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{5})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{4}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{-2}) \\\\\\ slope = m\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise}{ y_2- y_1}}{\stackrel{run}{ x_2- x_1}}\implies \cfrac{-2-5}{4-(-3)}\implies \cfrac{-7}{4+3}\implies \cfrac{-7}{7}\implies -1 \\\\\\ \begin{array}ll \cline{1-1} \textit{point-slope form}\\ \cline{1-1} \\ y-y_1=m(x-x_1) \\\\ \cline{1-1} \end{array}\implies y-5=1[x-(-3)]\implies y-5=1(x+3) \\\\\\ y-5=x + 3\implies y=x+8`