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Which equation is a point-slope form of the equation of this line?

Which equation is a point-slope form of the equation of this line?-example-1
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The y-intercept is easily read: it is (0,5). The slope, m, is m = rise / run

7-1
= ----------- = 6/3 = 2
1-(-2)

Thus, the eqn of the line is y = 2x + 5. In point-slope format, y-5=2(x-0).
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