Question

Find the equation for the line in y=mx+b format using these two points (5,0) and (2,6)

Answer 1

The formula for finding the slope of the equation of a line is m=
`(y₂-y₁)/(x₂-x₁)[/tex}</p><p>Your equation would look like, m= [tex](6-0)/(2-5)`

Which reduces to, m=
`(6)/(-3)`

Which reduces even further to just m= -2

Substitute one of the points into the equation y=-2x+b to solve for the variable b

I will substitute (5,0) into the equation

5=-2(0)+b

5=0+b

5=b