Question

find the equation of a line that passes through (-3,1) and (-1,-2) and write it in standard form. please help me !

Answer 1

find the slope first
slope=(2-1)/(-1+3)=1/4=.25

now use the slope and either point to write in point slope form
y-1=.25(x-2)
y-1=¼x-½

to rationalize all the denominators multiply by the last common multiple, here we get 4
4y-4=x-2

then put in the correct order

x-4y=-2