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What is the slope-intercept equation of the line going through (6, 7) and
(2,-1)?

User Chromium
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Answer:

y=2x-5

Explanation:

you use m=y2-y1/x2-x1 which equals 2. So that's our slope. Then you do b=y1 -mx1 or yout could do the second point. This gives you b= 7-(2) x(6)=-5. That's how you get the y. Hope this helps!

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